bacchanale
French, noun/ba.ka.nal/
bacchanale is spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-A-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacchanale is a French feminine noun meaning “bacchanal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Représentation d’une danse de bacchantes et de satyres”.
What does bacchanale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacchanal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Représentation d’une danse de bacchantes et de satyres. 2. Danse bruyante et tumultueuse, dans un ballet, dans un grand opéra. 3. Fête bruyante et débridée, associée à danse, déguisement, excès de boisson ou/et de nourriture, etc. 4. Débauche faite avec grand bruit, orgie.
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 bacchanale
- bacchanales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacchanale?
- /ba.ka.nal/
- \ba.ka.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bacchanale in French?
bacchanale appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).