bacchanal
French, noun/ba.ka.nal/
bacchanal is spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written French, the 198,467th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacchanal is a French masculine noun meaning “a loud, annoying noise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand bruit ; tapage”.
What does bacchanal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea loud, annoying noise
- 2
masculinea revolt amongst the peasantry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand bruit ; tapage. 2. Révolte paysanne. 3. Chose embrouillée ; embrouillamini.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bacchanal
- bacchanals plural
- baccanal
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacchanal?
- /ba.ka.nal/
- \ba.ka.nal\
- [ba.ka.n̪al̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bacchanal in French?
bacchanal appears about once in every 39 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).