bagatelle
51bagatelle — noun Etymology: French, from Italian bagattella Date: 1633 1. trifle 1 2. any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas 3. a short literary or musical piece in light style …
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53bagatelle — noun /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ a) A trifle; an unsubstantial thing. b) A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character; Beethoven composed several for the piano …
54bagatelle — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, curio, farce, farthing, feather, fig, fleabite, folderol, fribble, frippery, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, hair,… …
55Bagatelle — Ba·ga·tẹl·le die; , n; etwas, das unwichtig ist und das man nicht sehr ernst zu nehmen braucht …
56bagatelle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trifle, gewgaw, trinket. See unimportance. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. trifle …
57Bagatelle — Ba|ga|tẹl|le 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 1. 〈Musik〉 kurzes, leicht spielbares Musikstück 2. Kleinigkeit, Geringfügigkeit [Etym.: frz., »Kleinigkeit«; zu lat. baca »Beere«] …
58bagatelle — A trifle …
59bagatelle — bag·a·telle || ‚bægÉ™ tel n. unimportant thing; short light piece of classical music (esp. for piano); game similar to billiards in which players must roll balls into a scoring area using a cue stick …
60bagatelle — [ˌbagə tɛl] noun 1》 a game in which small balls are hit into numbered holes on a board, with pins as obstructions. 2》 something trifling or negligible. 3》 a short, light piece of music. Origin C17: from Fr., from Ital. bagatella, perh. from baga… …
