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revelry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • rĕvʹ-əl-ri
  • /ˈɹɛvəlɹi/
  • UK, US: [ˈɹɛv.əɫ.ɹi]
  • rhymes with -ɛvəlɹi
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 V AH0 L R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Joyful or riotous merry-making.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

unrestrained merrymaking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: revel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: merrymaking, conviviality, jollification

Narrower terms: bust, tear, binge, bout, carouse, carousal, bender, toot, booze-up, orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry, whoopee

History

Etymology

From Middle English revelrye; equivalent to revel + -ry.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: веселба (veselba) — joyful merry-making
  • Catalan: xerinola — joyful merry-making
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狂欢 (kuáng huān) — joyful merry-making
  • Chinese Mandarin: 欢宴 (huān yàn) — joyful merry-making
  • Czech: veselí — joyful merry-making
  • Czech: hýření — joyful merry-making
  • Danish: lyst — joyful merry-making
  • Finnish: juhlinta — joyful merry-making
  • Finnish: rellestys — joyful merry-making
  • Galician: troula — joyful merry-making
  • Galician: xolda — joyful merry-making
  • German: Festlichkeit — joyful merry-making
  • German: Lustbarkeit — joyful merry-making
  • German: Prasserei — joyful merry-making
  • German: Orgie — joyful merry-making
  • German: Gelage — joyful merry-making
  • German: Feierei — joyful merry-making
  • German: Feiern — joyful merry-making
  • German: Feier — joyful merry-making
  • Hindi: रंगरली (raṅgarlī) — joyful merry-making
  • Hindi: भावतरंग (bhāvatraṅg) — joyful merry-making
  • Hindi: आमोद-प्रमोद (āmod-pramod) — joyful merry-making
  • Italian: baldoria — joyful merry-making
  • Italian: gozzoviglia — joyful merry-making
  • Macedonian: пи́јанка (píjanka) — joyful merry-making
  • Macedonian: ве́селба (véselba) — joyful merry-making
  • Māori: whakaharitanga — joyful merry-making
  • Māori: harakoa — joyful merry-making
  • Māori: harakoakoa — joyful merry-making
  • Persian: سپرخی (separxi) — joyful merry-making
  • Russian: кутёж (kutjóž) — joyful merry-making
  • Russian: пиру́шка (pirúška) — joyful merry-making
  • Russian: весе́лье (vesélʹje) — joyful merry-making
  • Russian: разгу́л (razgúl) — joyful merry-making
  • Ukrainian: гуляння (huljannja) — joyful merry-making
  • Ukrainian: бенкет (benket) — joyful merry-making
  • Ukrainian: веселощі (veselošči) — joyful merry-making