bacante
Portuguese, noun/baˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
bacante is spelled B-A-C-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bacchante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sacerdotisa de Baco”.
What does bacante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebacchante
- 2
feminineshameless woman
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sacerdotisa de Baco 2. mulher, cortesã impudica, de costumes dissolutos 3. planta herbácea composta 4. espécie de borboleta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bacante
- bacantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bacante?
- Brazil /baˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /bɐˈkɐ̃.tɨ/
- /ba.ˈkan.ti/.
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bacante in Portuguese?
bacante appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).