"Dionysus" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /daɪ.əˈnaɪ.səs/ [UK], /daɪ.əˈnaɪ.sɪs/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Dionysus.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Dionysus.wav Forms: Dionysos [alternative]
Etymology: Via Latin Dionȳsus, from Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Dionȳsus}} Latin Dionȳsus, {{der|en|grc|Διόνῡσος}} Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Dionysus
  1. (Greek mythology) The god of wine, ivy and grapes, specifically its intoxication and social influence, but also the patron of agriculture and the theater. Also related to the mystery of religion, as in "spiritual intoxication". Tags: Greek Derived forms: Dionysiac Related terms: Dennis, Bacchus Translations (Greek god of wine): Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Դիոնիսոս (Dionisos) (Armenian), Dionís [masculine] (Catalan), ᏓᏲᏂᏌ (dayonisa) (Cherokee), 酒神 (jiǔshén) (Chinese Mandarin), 狄俄倪索斯 (Díénísuǒsī) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲟⲥ (dionusos) [masculine] (Coptic), Dionisu (Corsican), Diunisu [masculine] (Corsican), Dionýsos [masculine] (Czech), Dionysos (Danish), Dionysos (Dutch), Dionysus [masculine] (Dutch), Dionizo (Esperanto), Dionysos (Estonian), Dionysos (Finnish), Dionysos [masculine] (French), Dionis [masculine] (Friulian), Dioniso (Galician), დიონისე (dionise) (Georgian), დიონისოსი (dionisosi) (Georgian), Dionysos [masculine] (German), Dionüszosz (Hungarian), Diníseas [masculine] (Irish), Dioniso (Italian), ディオニューソス (Dionyūsos) (Japanese), 디오니소스 (Dionisoseu) (Korean), Dionīss [masculine] (Latvian), Dionisas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Dionis [masculine] (Lombard), Dionís [masculine] (Occitan), Dionizos [masculine] (Polish), Dionísio [masculine] (Portuguese), Dioniso [masculine] (Portuguese), Dionis [masculine] (Romanian), Диони́с (Dionís) [masculine] (Russian), Дио́нис (Diónis) [masculine] (Russian), Dioniso (Spanish), Dioniso (Swahili), Діо́ніс (Diónis) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [di.ɔˈnyː.sʊs] [Classical-Latin], [di.oˈniː.s̬us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Διόνῡσος}} Ancient Greek Διόνῡσος (Diónūsos) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Dionȳsus<2>}} Dionȳsus m sg (genitive Dionȳsī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Dionȳsus<2>}} Forms: Dionȳsus [canonical, masculine, singular], Dionȳsī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dionȳsus [nominative, singular], Dionȳsī [genitive, singular], Dionȳsō [dative, singular], Dionȳsum [accusative, singular], Dionȳsō [ablative, singular], Dionȳse [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Dionysus, a Greek god. Tags: Greek, declension-2 Derived forms: Dionȳsia (english: given name), Dionȳsius (english: given name)

Alternative forms

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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        "Terms with Galician translations",
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        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
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        "Terms with Lombard translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "Dionisos",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Դիոնիսոս"
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "ᏓᏲᏂᏌ"
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      "roman": "jiǔshén",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "酒神"
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      "roman": "Díénísuǒsī",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "狄俄倪索斯"
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      "roman": "dionusos",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⲇⲓⲟⲛⲩⲥⲟⲥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
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      "lang_code": "co",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionisu"
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "word": "Diunisu"
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "word": "Dionýsos"
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionysos"
    },
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionysos"
    },
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "word": "Dionysus"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionizo"
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      "lang": "Estonian",
      "lang_code": "et",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionysos"
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    {
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionysos"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Dionysos"
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      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "word": "Dionis"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "lang_code": "gl",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dioniso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "dionise",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "დიონისე"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "dionisosi",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "დიონისოსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionysos"
    },
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      "roman": "Diónūsos",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Διόνῡσος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dionüszosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Diníseas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dioniso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "Dionyūsos",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "ディオニューソス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "Dionisoseu",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "디오니소스"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionīss"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionisas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionís"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionizos"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionísio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dioniso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dionis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "Dionís",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Диони́с"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "Diónis",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
      "word": "Dioniso"
    },
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "lang_code": "sw",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "roman": "Diónis",
      "sense": "Greek god of wine",
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      ],
      "word": "Діо́ніс"
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}

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      "english": "given name",
      "translation": "given name",
      "word": "Dionȳsia"
    },
    {
      "english": "given name",
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    },
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      "ipa": "[di.oˈniː.s̬us]",
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    }
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.