yuletide

Other forms of yuletide

plural

yuletides·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yuletide

What does yuletide mean?

yuletide means "period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6".

How many syllables are in yuletide?

yuletide has 2 syllables: yule-tide. The stress falls on "yule". In IPA it is /ˈjulˌtaɪd/.

What is another word for yuletide?

Close synonyms include Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Noel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yuletide a common word?

yuletide is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with yuletide?

6 words rhyme with yuletide. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.