bachanalia

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bacchānālia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.xaˈna.lja/
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  • Rhymes: -alja
  • Syllabification: ba‧cha‧na‧lia

Noun

bachanalia nvir pl (diminutive bachanalijka)

  1. (Greek mythology) Bacchanalia (a feast or an orgy in honor of Bacchus)
    Hypernym: obrzęd
  2. (be extension, literary) Bacchanalia (a drunken feast)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

Declension

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Further reading

  • bachanalia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bachanalia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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