bacchant
/ˈbækənt/
bacchant noun: a priest of Bacchus.
Noun
bacchant (plural bacchants or bacchantes)
Adjective
bacchant (comparative more bacchant, superlative most bacchant)
bacchant meaning in Tamil and Bengali
bacchant in Tamil
- மதுத்தெய்வத்தை வழிபடுகிற, குடிப்பழக்கத்தில் ஆர்வமுள்ள
bacchant in Bengali
- বাকাসের একজন পুরোহিত, একজন মদ্যপ আমোদপ্রিয় ব্যক্তি, মদ্যপান ও উল্লাস প্রিয়, আমোদপ্রিয়
Synonyms of bacchant
Forms of bacchant
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bacchants |
| plural | bacchantes |
| alternative form | Bacchant |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more bacchant |
| superlative | most bacchant |
Origin of bacchant
Borrowed from Latin bacchantem, present active participle of bacchor (“to celebrate rites of Bacchus; to revel”), from Bacchus (“the god of wine”), from Ancient Greek Βάκχος (Bákkhos).
Questions about bacchant
- What does bacchant mean?
- Bacchant means a priest of Bacchus.
- What is bacchant in Tamil?
- Bacchant in Tamil is மதுத்தெய்வத்தை வழிபடுகிற, குடிப்பழக்கத்தில் ஆர்வமுள்ள. See Bacchant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bacchant?
- Bacchant can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bacchant?
- Bacchant is pronounced /ˈbækənt/.
- What is the plural of bacchant?
- The plural of bacchant is bacchants.
Words near bacchant in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bacchant (page history and authors); Bacchant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bacchant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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