caroler

English

Alternative forms

• caroller

Etymology

From carol +‎ -er.

Noun

caroler (plural carolers)

1. A carol singer.
   • 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎:

     It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare

Translations

Translations

Macedonian: ко́ледар m (kóledar), коле́дарка f (kolédarka), си́лач m (sílač) (leader of the carolers) Polish: kolędnik (pl) m Ukrainian: коля́дник m (koljádnyk), коля́дниця f (koljádnycja)

Anagrams

• correal

Old French

Etymology

From carole (“round dance with singing”) +‎ -er (a variant of -ier (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs)).

Verb

caroler

1. to sing
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Puceles carolent et dancent

     Young maidens, singing and dancing

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ols, *-olt are modified to ous, out. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of caroler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		caroler			avoir carolé
gerund		en carolant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		carolant
past participle		carolé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	carol	caroles	carole	carolons	carolez	carolent
	imperfect	caroloie, caroleie, caroloe, caroleve	caroloies, caroleies, caroloes, caroleves	caroloit, caroleit, carolot, caroleve	caroliiens, caroliens	caroliiez, caroliez	caroloient, caroleient, caroloent, carolevent
	preterite	carolai	carolas	carola	carolames	carolastes	carolerent
	future	carolerai	caroleras	carolera	carolerons	caroleroiz, carolereiz, carolerez	caroleront
	conditional	caroleroie, carolereie	caroleroies, carolereies	caroleroit, carolereit	caroleriiens, caroleriens	caroleriiez, caroleriez	caroleroient, carolereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	carol	carous	carout	carolons	carolez	carolent
	imperfect	carolasse	carolasses	carolast	carolissons, carolissiens	carolissoiz, carolissez, carolissiez	carolassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	carole	—	carolons	carolez	—