bacchant

bakɑ̃

Definition

Definition of bacchant - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

mythologie

Dated

membre masculin du cortège de Bacchus dans l'antiquité

Dated

Les bacchants dansaient autour du dieu du vin.

débauche

Dated

homme sans retenue qui se livre aux excès

Dated

Ce bacchant trouble l'ordre public par ses excès.

débauché

libertin

art

Dated

représentation artistique d'un participant au cortège de Bacchus

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Cette sculpture antique représente un bacchant tenant une grappe.

Adjective

débauche

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qui manifeste de la débauche ou des excès sans retenue

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Son comportement bacchant scandalisait la bonne société.

débauché

licencieux

mythologie

Dated

qui se rapporte à Bacchus ou aux fêtes en son honneur

Dated

Les rites bacchants étaient célébrés dans la Rome antique.

bacchique

dionysiaque

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Origin of bacchant

grec, bakchikos (de Bacchus)

Examples of bacchant in a sentence

Un bacchant couronnait de lierre les statues du dieu pendant la procession.
Les bacchants qu’abritait cette taverne faisaient scandale chaque nuit.
On le traitait de bacchant après ses orgies répétées.
Le musée expose un bacchant entouré de faunes et de nymphes.
Le peintre a placé un bacchant ivre au centre de la fresque.
Les chants bacchants résonnaient toute la nuit dans le quartier.

L'atmosphère bacchante de la soirée a choqué les invités les plus sages.
La procession bacchante avançait en chantant.
L'ambiance bacchante du festival rappelait les anciennes fêtes païennes.

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English:Bacchant, bacchanalian, ...
German:Bacchant, ausschweifend, ...
Italian:baccante, bacchico, ...
Spanish:bacante, desenfrenado, ...
Portuguese:bacante, licencioso, ...
Chinese:酒神随从, 放荡的, ...
Japanese:バッカント, 放蕩な, ...
Arabic:بَاخُوسِيّ, فاجِر, ...
Hebrew:בַּכַּנְט, חֲסַר מַעְצֹרִים, ...
Russian:вакхантец, разнузданный, ...
Ukrainian:вакхант, розпусний, ...
Catalan:bacant, desenfrenat, ...
Danish:bakchant, bakkanalsk, ...
Dutch:bacchant, bacchanaal, ...
Greek:βακχάντης, έκλυτος, ...
Khmer:អ្នកដង្ហែបុរសរបស់ព្រះបាក់ខុស, អសីលធម៌, ...
Korean:바쿠스의 추종자, 방탕한, ...
Polish:bakchant, rozpustny, ...
Portuguese (BR):bacante, desenfreado, ...
Romanian:bacchant, desfrânat, ...
Swedish:backant, utsvävande, ...
Thai:บัคคานต์, เสเพล, ...
Turkish:Bakkhos takipçisi, aşırı sefahat içinde, ...
Vietnamese:người theo Bacchus, trác táng, ...

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Definition of bacchant - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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