Dictionary

bacchanal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈbækənəl/ (UK)
• băk′ə-nəl
• /ˈbæk ə nl/ (US)
• băk″ə-năl′
• /ˌbæk əˈnæl/ (US)
• băk″ə-näl′
• /ˌbɑ kəˈnɑl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

Meanings

1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
   • Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing […] 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number):
2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Forms

Deriveds

bacchanalize

Translations (11)

sh баханалије (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) · pt bacanal (relating to Bacchus or his festival) · es bacanal (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) · sv backanalisk (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) · ru разгу́льный (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) · ca bacanal (relating to Bacchus or his festival) · ru вакхи́ческий (relating to Bacchus or his festival) · pt bacanal (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy) · es bacanal (relating to Bacchus or his festival) · nl bachanaal (relating to Bacchus or his festival) · ca bacanal (engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy)

bacchanal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbækənəl/ (UK)
• băk′ə-nəl
• /ˈbæk ə nl/ (US)
• băk″ə-năl′
• /ˌbæk əˈnæl/ (US)
• băk″ə-näl′
• /ˌbɑ kəˈnɑl/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

Meanings

1. A devotee of Bacchus.
2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
   • The riot of the tipsie Bachanals c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
3. (in-plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
4. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
5. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
6. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco

Forms

Translations (23)

fi bakkanaali (festival of Bacchus) · bg вакханалия (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ru разгу́л (drunken revelry; an orgy) · fi bakkanaali (song or dance in honor of Bacchus) · es bacanal (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ro bahic (devotee of Bacchus) · ru кути́ла (devotee of Bacchus) · bg вакханалия (festival of Bacchus) · pt bacanal (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ru вакхана́лия (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ca bacanal (festival of Bacchus) · sv backanal (drunken revelry; an orgy) · bg оргия (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ro de bacanală (devotee of Bacchus) · ru гуля́ка (devotee of Bacchus) · fi juomingit (drunken revelry; an orgy) · fi juoppo (devotee of Bacchus) · fi orgia (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ro dionisiac (devotee of Bacchus) · bg вакханка (devotee of Bacchus) · nl zwelgpartij (festival of Bacchus) · fi bakkanaali (drunken revelry; an orgy) · ca bacanal (drunken revelry; an orgy)