different between bacchanal vs bacchante

English

Alternative forms

• Bacchanal

Etymology

From Latin Bacch?n?lis (“of or pertaining to Bacchus”). See Bacchanalia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk?n?l/

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.
2. Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
   • 1623, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

     The riot of the tipsie Bachanals

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

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

bacchanal m (plural bacchanals)

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

English

Alternative forms

• Bacchante

Noun

bacchante (plural bacchantes)

1. a priestess of Bacchus
2. a female bacchanal

Synonyms

• maenad

Related terms

• bacchant

References

• bacchante in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.k??t/
• Homophone: bacchantes

Noun

bacchante f (plural bacchantes)

1. bacchante
2. (especially in plural) moustache

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bak?k?an.te/, [bäk?k?än?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bak?kan.te/, [b?k?k?n?t??]

Participle

bacchante

1. ablative masculine singular of bacch?ns
2. ablative feminine singular of bacch?ns
3. ablative neuter singular of bacch?ns