Bacchanalia

Meaning

1. (Greek) A feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus.
2. (alt-of, broadly) Alternative letter-case form of bacchanalia; a drunken feast; drunken revels; an orgy.

Synonyms

Dionysia

Bacchanal

bacchanal

bacchanalia

orgy

Translations

Bacchanales

Bacanal

Bacchanalien

bacchanales

dionysia

Baccanale

Bacchanalia

bacanal

Bacanal

bacanals

Bacchanalia

Bacchanal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌbækəˈneɪli.ə/

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).