Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of carousing; (drunken) revelry; (countable) an instance of this; a noisy social gathering, often with much alcohol consumption.

    Gelage

    пирушкаpiruška, попойкаpopojka

More definitions
  • revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
state of carousing; instance of this:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state of carousing; instance of this:

Origin

From carouse (“to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering”, verb) + -al (suffix form

From carouse (“to engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering”, verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns denoting actions by verbs to which it is attached), possibly also influenced by an erroneous understanding of the meaning of carousel (“merry-go-round”).

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Forms

plural: carousals
Singularcarousal

uncountable

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcarouse

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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