English

Adjective

Bacchanal ‎(comparative more Bacchanal, superlative most Bacchanal)

1. Alternative form of bacchanal

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Bacchanal n ‎(genitive Bacchanals, plural Bacchanale or Bacchanalien)

1. bacchanalia

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• Bacchanal

Adjective

bacchanal ‎(comparative more bacchanal, superlative most bacchanal)

1. Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     Sweet is the vintage, when the showering grapes / In Bacchanal profusion reel to earth, / Purple and gushing [...].

2. Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

Translations

Noun

bacchanal ‎(plural bacchanals)

1. A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
   • Shakespeare:

     Tipsy bacchanals.

2. (in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
3. Drunken revelry; an orgy.
4. A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.

Translations

French

Noun

bacchanal m ‎(plural bacchanals)

1. A loud, annoying noise
2. A revolt amongst the peasantry