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 (Bakkhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌbækəˈneɪliə/, X-SAMPA: /%b{k@"neIli@/

Noun

Bacchanalia (uncountable)

1. (mythology) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. Hence: A drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Translations

feast in honor of Bacchus

• Finnish: bakkanaalit (fi) pl

• Russian: вакханалия (ru) (vakxanálija) f

drunken feast

• Finnish: juomingit (fi) pl, bakkanaalit (fi) pl

• Russian: вакханалия (ru) (vakxanálija) f, (пья́ный) разгул (ru) (razgúl) m