yuletide
Yule·tide/ˈjulˌtaɪd/noun
yuletide is spelled Y-U-L-E-T-I-D-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables (Yule·tide). It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, yuletide means “Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of yuletide is yuletides.
How many letters and syllables are in yuletide?
| Letters | 8: Y-U-L-E-T-I-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Yule·tide |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is yuletide?
Yuletide appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce yuletide?
- UK /ˈjuːlˌtaɪd/
- US /ˈjulˌtaɪd/
Yuletide has 2 syllables, split Yule·tide in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-yuletide.wav, En-au-Yuletide.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of yuletide
- yuletides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does yuletide mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Yuletide (“Christmas or the Christmas season”).
- 2
The flower Camellia sasanqua, native to Japan and nearby islands.
noun
- 1
datedThe period around Christmas; the Christmas season, Christmastime; specifically, Christmas itself.
- 2
datedThe period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
- 3
AustraliaThe period of southern winter in the middle of the year, sometimes celebrated in the colder, snowy regions of Australia with allusions to Christmas, which originated as a marketing gimmick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Yuletide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Yule |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does yuletide come from?
From Yule (“Germanic Winter Festival”) + -tide (“period around a festival, season”); compare Swedish juletid.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).