yodel

English

WOTD – 9 April 2009

Etymology

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈjəʊ.dəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈjoʊ.dəl/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊdəl

Verb

yodel (third-person singular simple present yodels, present participle (UK) yodelling or (US) yodeling, simple past and past participle (UK) yodelled or (US) yodeled)

(transitive and intransitive) To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

Translations

to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto

Czech: jódlovat (cs)
Danish: jodle
Dutch: jodelen (nl)
Esperanto: jodli
Estonian: joodeldama
Finnish: jodlata
French: iodler (fr), yodler (fr), jodler (fr)
German: jodeln (de)
Alemannic German: joole
Greek: λαρυγγίζω (el) (laryngízo)
Hungarian: jódlizik (hu)

Icelandic: jóðla
Ido: yodlar (io)
Irish: geoidligh
Italian: cantare lo jodel
Japanese: ヨーデルする (yōderu suru)
Norwegian: jodle (no)
Polish: jodłować (pl)
Portuguese: cantar à tirolesa
Russian: йодли́ровать (ru) (jodlírovatʹ)
Spanish: cantar como los tiroleses
Swedish: joddla (sv)

Noun

yodel (plural yodels)

A song incorporating yodelling.

Translations

song

Arabic: يودلية‎
Catalan: iòdel m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 約德爾 (yuēdéěr), 約德爾唱法 (yuēdéěr chàngfǎ)
Czech: jódlovačka f, jódlování n
Danish: jodling c
Esperanto: jodlado
Estonian: joodeldamine, joodeldus
Finnish: jodlaus (fi)
French: yodel (fr) m, jodel (fr) m, iodel m
German: Jodler (de) m, Jodeln n
Greek: λαρυγγισμός (el) m (laryngismós)
Hungarian: jódli (hu)
Irish: geoidil f

Italian: jodel (it) m, canto tirolese m
Japanese: ヨーデル (yōderu)
Korean: 요들 (yodeul)
Latvian: jodelēt
Lithuanian: jodliavimas
Norwegian: jodling
Polish: jodłowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: tirolesa f, canto tirolês m, iodelei m, tirolês (pt) m
Russian: йодль (ru) m (jodlʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: jodlanje n
Spanish: canción al estilo tirolés f, canto a la tirolesa m
Swedish: joddling (sv) c, joddel n
Vietnamese: hát yodel

Anagrams

Doyle, odyle, yodle

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