dionysiaque
French, adjective/djɔ.ni.zjak/
dionysiaque is spelled D-I-O-N-Y-S-I-A-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 101,144th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dionysiaque is a French adjective meaning “Dionysiac, Dionysian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui concerne Dionysos”.
What does dionysiaque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Dionysiac, Dionysian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui concerne Dionysos. 2. Sujet décoratif inspiré des personnages ou des épisodes de la mythologie de Dionysos. 3. Désigne tout ce qui est instable, erratique, insaisissable, sensuel, inspiré, fougueux – prétendument lié à l’Asie et à l’Orient, par opposition à ce qui est apollinien, c’est-à-dire stable, ordonné, classique, rationnel, régulier – supposé être le propre du génie occidental.
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 dionysiaque
- dionysiaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dionysiaque?
- /djɔ.ni.zjak/
- \djɔ.ni.zjak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dionysiaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dionysiaque in French?
dionysiaque 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).