bacchante
French, noun/ba.kɑ̃t/
bacchante is spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacchante is a French feminine noun meaning “bacchante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prêtresse de Bacchus célébrant la fête des bacchanales”.
What does bacchante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacchante
- 2
femininemoustache
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prêtresse de Bacchus célébrant la fête des bacchanales. 2. Représentation artistique d’une telle prêtresse. 3. Femme sans retenue, sans pudeur ; dévergondée. 4. Type de moustache aux extrémités arrondies, toujours au pluriel.
noun: 1. Moustache.
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 bacchante
- bacchantes plural
- bacchant masculine
- bacante
- baccante
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacchante?
- /ba.kɑ̃t/
- \ba.kɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bacchante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bacchante in French?
bacchante appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).