Bacchanalia

Bacchanalia

See also: bacchanalia

English

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/[1]

Noun

Bacchanalia

1. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. (by extension) A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Translations

feast in honor of Bacchus

Albanian: bakanali f Old Albanian: motÿlliξunavẹt m Belarusian: вакхана́лія m (vakxanálija) Bulgarian: вакхана́лия (bg) f (vakhanálija) Chinese: Mandarin: 酒神節／酒神节 (jiǔshénjié) Finnish: bakkanaalit (fi) pl Japanese: バッカス祭 (バッカスさい, Bakkasu sai) Korean: 바카날리아 (bakanallia), 바커스 축제(祝祭) (Bakeoseu chukje) Polish: bachanalia (pl) pl Russian: вакхана́лия (ru) f (vakxanálija) Ukrainian: вакхана́лія (uk) f (vakxanálija)

drunken feast

Finnish: juomingit pl, bakkanaalit (fi) pl Polish: bachanalia (pl) pl Russian: вакхана́лия (ru) f (vakxanálija), (пья́ный) разгу́л (ru) m (razgúl)

References

1. “Bacchanalia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.