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Meaning of "bacchanal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BACCHANAL

From Latin Bacchānālis.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BACCHANAL

bacchanal  [ˈbækənəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACCHANAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bacchanal can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BACCHANAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bacchanal

Bacchanalia

The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus, based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. They seem to have been popular, and well-organised, throughout the central and southern Italian peninsula. They were almost certainly associated with Rome's native cult of Liber, and probably arrived in Rome itself around 200 BC but like all mystery religions of the ancient world, very little is known of their rites. Livy, writing some 200 years after the event, offers a scandalised, extremely colourful account of the Bacchanalia. Modern scholarship takes a skeptical approach to his allegations of frenzied rites, sexually violent initiations of both sexes, all ages and all social classes, and the cult as a murderous instrument of conspiracy against the state. Livy claims that seven thousand cult leaders and followers were arrested, and that most were executed. Senatorial legislation to reform the Bacchanalia in 186 BC attempted to control their size, organisation, and priesthoods, under threat of the death penalty.

Definition of bacchanal in the English dictionary

The first definition of bacchanal in the dictionary is a follower of Bacchus. Other definition of bacchanal is a drunken and riotous celebration. Bacchanal is also a participant in such a celebration; reveller.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACCHANAL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
archidiaconal
ˌɑːkɪdaɪˈækənəl
arsenal
ˈɑːsənəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
conventional
kənˈvɛnʃənəl
diaconal
daɪˈækənəl
educational
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl
emotional
ɪˈməʊʃənəl
exceptional
ɪkˈsɛpʃənəl
functional
ˈfʌŋkʃənəl
institutional
ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
international
ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəl
national
ˈnæʃənəl
optional
ˈɒpʃənəl
personal
ˈpɜːsənəl
professional
prəˈfɛʃənəl
regional
ˈriːdʒənəl
seconal
ˈsekənəl
subdiaconal
ˌsʌbdaɪˈækənəl
traditional
trəˈdɪʃənəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACCHANAL

bacca
baccalaurean
baccalaureate
baccarat
baccate
Bacchae
bacchanalia
bacchanalian
bacchanalianism
bacchant
bacchante
bacchiac
Bacchic
bacchii
bacchius
Bacchus
bacciferous
bacciform
baccivorous
bacco

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACCHANAL

alimentary canal
anal
anal canal
artisanal
banal
birth canal
canal
Corinth Canal
decanal
Erie Canal
ethanal
fanal
Grand Canal
Grand Union Canal
Guadalcanal
methanal
Panama Canal
root canal
spinal canal
Suez Canal

Synonyms and antonyms of bacchanal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BACCHANAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bacchanal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bacchanal

Translation of «bacchanal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACCHANAL

Find out the translation of bacchanal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bacchanal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bacchanal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发酒疯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bacanal
570 millions of speakers

English

bacchanal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्छृंखलता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العربيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вакханалия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bacanal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মদ্যপান-সংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bachique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bacchanal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bacchanal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

どんちゃん騒ぎ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

법석 대는 술잔치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bacchanal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự huyên náo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bacchanal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेक्करनल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içki alemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

baccante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bacchanal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вакханалія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chefliu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bacchanal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bacchanaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bacchanal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bacchanal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bacchanal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACCHANAL»

The term «bacchanal» is normally little used and occupies the 113.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACCHANAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bacchanal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bacchanal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bacchanal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACCHANAL»

Discover the use of bacchanal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bacchanal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bacchanal!: The Carnival Culture of Trinidad
Trinidadians have a word to describe it: Bacchanal!In this vivid and exuberant book, journalist Peter Mason looks at the past, present, and future of carnival, using not just personal observations and printed sources but also interviews ...
Peter Mason, 1998
2
The Ravenous Muse: A Table of Dark and Comic Contents, a ...
Drawing on excerpts from the richly diverse writings of Balzac, Joyce, McPhee, and Barthes, among others, this collection of essays shares meditations and observations on food, drink, and the art of eating.
Karen E. Gordon, 1996
3
Time for Bacchanal
Jerome Teelucksingh. BUSS-UP SHOT BREAKFASSES BUSS-UP SHOT NESCAFE BUSS-UP SHOT in Port-of-Spain. And ah came to attend the Adesh Samaroo Concert. Oh, Lissen ah is a vegetarian even though ah is not a Hindu. Really ...
Jerome Teelucksingh, 2009
4
My First Bacchanal
Jeremy is a young satyr looking forward to the event that defines his passage into adulthood his first Bacchanal.
Andrew Grey, 2009
5
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography: Themes Depicted in ...
Carracci, Annibale, Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, painting, 1597—1604, Rome, Farnese Gallery Seventeenth Century Wtewael, Joachim, The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis (formerly titled Bacchanal), painting, 1612, Williamstown, ...
Helene E. Roberts, 2013
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Bacchanalian Sentiments: Musical Experiences and Political ...
"Integrating a wealth of ethnographic observations of life in rural Trinidad, Kevin K. Birth offers a rich analysis of how performers and audiences actually experience and interpret music in Trinidad.
Kevin K. Birth, 2008
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Charles Dayrell Charles Dayrell: A Modern Bacchanal (1883) a ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingA AcentsAcentsa A-Acentsa Acentss Legacy Reprint Series.
Henry Solly, 2010
8
Tales from Facebook
This book demonstrates that it can be profound. The tales in this book reveal how Facebook can become the means by which people find and cultivate relationships, but can also be instrumental in breaking up marriage.
Daniel Miller, 2013
9
Works of Eugène Sue: The wandering Jew
To this tumult succeeded a chorus of human voices, in the midst of which was distinguishable one loud unanimous cry of "Queen- Bacchanal ! Queen- Bacchanal ! " La Mayeux started at this sudden noise. "Oh! I suppose my court are growing ...
Eugène Sue, 1912
10
The wandering Jew. [Transl.]. Roscoe's libr. ed
Oh ! in the first place, replied the Queen- Bacchanal, laughing, as her gay and thoughtless character resumed its ascendancy, " to put money out to interest gives one no pleasure. All the amusement one has is to look at a little bit of paper , ...
Marie Joseph Eugène Sue, 1845

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACCHANAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bacchanal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Grateful Dead: final concerts unite fans and band as legends fade …
... steps to the Field Museum of Natural History, became a temporary staging area for fans to enjoy a bacchanal hours before doors opened. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
The Music Video Rihanna Could Have Made....
But this video's bacchanal of nudity and “implied” violence surpassed any wild expectations we have of Rihanna. It even spawned a few blog ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
3
Paul Verhoeven's Authenticity Came to Light at Chicago's Logan …
Rekall sells fake memories, either to Quaid in the form of a secret agent, or a bored housewife, looking for, apparently, a sexual bacchanal with ... «PopMatters, Jul 15»
4
Joint T&T forces to tackle gang violence
The disturbance caused by the passing parade was brief but entertaining for spectators, who expected “bacchanal” as Warner was approached ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
5
For Love or Money
Next stop was a bacchanal on Paradise Beach, where Stelios Joannou, son of Dakis, DJed till dawn and everyone appeared to be blissfully ... «Artforum, Jul 15»
6
Everything you need to know for the perfect Disneyland holiday
In an act of extravagance only permissible when you're the world's most powerful movie studio, the birthday bacchanal runs until the end of ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Goodbye To Shakedown Street, The Grateful Dead's Traveling Drug …
... for one last bacchanal at Soldier Field in Chicago before any possibility of future Grateful Dead concerts apparently comes to a real, final end. «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
8
Glitch God Aphex Twin Resurrects His AFX Moniker for "Orphaned …
My Big Gay Libertarian Orgy. PorcFest's annual queer bacchanal is the ultimate, orgiastic catharsis for hundreds of political diehards. «THUMP, Jul 15»
9
How iPhones Ruined Summer Camp
... Flies bacchanal overseen by sex- and drug-addled children barely older than their charges. My camp, which I'll call Wockaboo, was selected, ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
10
Juárez to Tourists: It's Safe to Come Back Now
The violence that spiked from 2008 to 2012 was just the latest blow to a city undergoing a long transition from desert bacchanal into low-wage ... «CityLab, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bacchanal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bacchanal>. Apr 2024 ».
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