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/

Noun

Bacchanalia

1. (Greek mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. (by extension) Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; 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
• Franco-Provençal: bacchanales f pl
• French: bacchanales (fr) f 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 — see bacchanalia