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Bacchanalia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālia (“feast of Bacchus”), plural of Bacchānal (“a place devoted to Bacchus”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
  2. (alt-of, broadly) Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Deriveds

Bacchanalian

Translations (14)

sq bakanali (feast in honor of Bacchus) · pl bachanalia (feast in honor of Bacchus) · ja バッカス祭 (feast in honor of Bacchus) · ru вакхана́лия (feast in honor of Bacchus) · be вакхана́лія (feast in honor of Bacchus) · fi bakkanaalit (feast in honor of Bacchus) · ko 바카날리아 (feast in honor of Bacchus) · fr bacchanales (feast in honor of Bacchus) · uk вакхана́лія (feast in honor of Bacchus) · cmn 酒神節 /酒神节 (feast in honor of Bacchus) · sq motÿlliξunavẹt (feast in honor of Bacchus) · ko 바커스 축제 (feast in honor of Bacchus) · frp bacchanales (feast in honor of Bacchus) · bg вакхана́лия (feast in honor of Bacchus)