saturnalia
/ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/noun
saturnalia is spelled S-A-T-U-R-N-A-L-I-A: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, saturnalia means “A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of saturnalia is saturnalias.
How many letters and syllables are in saturnalia?
| Letters | 10: S-A-T-U-R-N-A-L-I-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 89,388th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is saturnalia?
Saturnalia appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 89,388th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce saturnalia?
- UK /ˌsætəˈneɪli.ə/
- US /ˌsætɚˈneɪli.ə/
- US /ˌsætɚˈneɪljə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Sumxr-Saturnalia.wav, En-us-saturnalia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with saturnalia?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as saturnalia from its last stressed vowel (/eɪliə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of saturnalia
- saturnalias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does saturnalia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A period or occasion of general license, in which the passions or vices have riotous indulgence; a period of unrestrained revelry.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of saturnalia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does saturnalia come from?
From Saturnalia (“a festival of the winter solstice”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).