adj
Meaning 1
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bacchanal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈbækənəl/
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CMU ARPABET: B AH0 K EY1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 K IH0 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative form of bacchanal.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
A devotee of Bacchus.
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noun
Meaning 5
Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
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noun
Meaning 6
The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
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Usage: in-plural
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noun
Meaning 7
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
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noun
Meaning 8
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
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noun
Meaning 9
drama, ruckus, fiasco
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Usage: Trinidad-and-Tobago, informal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
used of riotously drunken merrymaking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a night of bacchanalian revelry
- carousing bands of drunken soldiers
- orgiastic festivity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: revel, revelry
noun
Meaning 12
a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bacchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fan, buff, devotee, lover
noun
Meaning 13
someone who engages in drinking bouts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drinker, imbiber, toper, juicer
History
Etymology
From Latin Bacchānālis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: bacanal — relating to Bacchus or his festival
- Dutch: bachanaal — relating to Bacchus or his festival
- Portuguese: bacanal — relating to Bacchus or his festival
- Russian: вакхи́ческий (vakxíčeskij) — relating to Bacchus or his festival
- Spanish: bacanal — relating to Bacchus or his festival
- Catalan: bacanal — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Portuguese: bacanal — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Russian: разгу́льный (razgúlʹnyj) — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Serbo-Croatian: баханалије — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Spanish: bacanal — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Swedish: backanalisk — engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy
- Bulgarian: вакханка (vakhanka) — devotee of Bacchus
- Finnish: juoppo — devotee of Bacchus
- Romanian: bahic — devotee of Bacchus
- Romanian: dionisiac — devotee of Bacchus
- Romanian: de bacanală — devotee of Bacchus
- Russian: гуля́ка (guljáka) — devotee of Bacchus
- Russian: кути́ла (kutíla) — devotee of Bacchus
- Bulgarian: вакханалия (vakhanalija) — festival of Bacchus
- Catalan: bacanal — festival of Bacchus
- Dutch: zwelgpartij — festival of Bacchus
- Finnish: bakkanaali — festival of Bacchus
- Bulgarian: оргия (orgija) — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Bulgarian: вакханалия (vakhanalija) — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Catalan: bacanal — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Finnish: juomingit — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Finnish: bakkanaali — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Finnish: orgia — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Portuguese: bacanal — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Russian: вакхана́лия (vakxanálija) — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Russian: разгу́л (razgúl) — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Spanish: bacanal — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Swedish: backanal — drunken revelry; an orgy
- Finnish: bakkanaali — song or dance in honor of Bacchus