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bacchanal

  (băk'ə-năl', -näl', băk'ə-nəl) pronunciation
n.
  1. A participant in the Bacchanalia.
  2. The Bacchanalia. Often used in the plural.
  3. A drunken or riotous celebration.
  4. A reveler.
adj.

Of, relating to, or typical of the worship of Bacchus.

[From Latin Bacchānālia, Bacchanalia. See Bacchanalia.]


 
 
WordNet: bacchanal
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who engages in drinking bouts
  Synonyms: drunken reveler, drunken reveller, bacchant

Meaning #2: a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
  Synonym: bacchant

Meaning #3: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  Synonyms: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanalia, drunken revelry


The adjective bacchanal has one meaning:

Meaning #1: used of riotously drunken merrymaking
  Synonyms: bacchanalian, bacchic, carousing, orgiastic


 
Translations: Translations for: Bacchanal

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bakkant, bakkanal, bakkantisk sang
adj. - bakkantisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
bacchanaal

Français (French)
n. - adorateur de Bacchus, noceur, orgie
adj. - bachique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bacchanal, wüstes Trinkgelage
adj. - bacchisch, bacchantisch, trunken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - βακχικό όργιο, διονυσιαστής

Italiano (Italian)
baccanale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - orgia (f), adepto (m) de Baco, beberrão (m)

Русский (Russian)
вакханалия, оргия

Español (Spanish)
n. - bacanal, bacante, orgía
adj. - báquico, ebrio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vilt dryckeslag, supkalas

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
酒神的信徒, 狂饮作乐, 酒神节, 酒神的, 放纵的, 酒神节的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 酒神的信徒, 狂飲作樂, 酒神節
adj. - 酒神的, 放縱的, 酒神節的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주신 바커스의 신도, 주정꾼, 법석대는 술잔치
adj. - 주신 바커스의, 주신제의, 취해 떠드는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - バッコスの信徒, 飲み騒ぐ人
adj. - バッコスの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حفله ماجنه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הולל, אורגיה, הילולה, מחול לאל בככוס, שיכור, חבורת שיכורים, חבורת שיכורים‬
adj. - ‮הולל, פרוע‬


 
 

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