bagatelle

bag·a·telle

B0025000 (băg′ə-tĕl′)n.1. An unimportant or insignificant thing; a trifle.2. A short, light piece of verse or music.3. A game played on an oblong table with a cue and nine balls.

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[French, from Italian bagatella, diminutive of dialectal bagata, little property, possibly from Latin bāca, berry.]

bagatelle

(ˌbæɡəˈtɛl) n1. something of little value or significance; trifle2. (Games, other than specified) a board game in which balls are struck into holes, with pins as obstacles; pinball3. (Billiards & Snooker) another name for bar billiards4. (Classical Music) a short light piece of music, esp for piano[C17: from French, from Italian bagattella, from (dialect) bagatta a little possession, from baga a possession, probably from Latin bāca berry]

bag•a•telle

(ˌbæg əˈtɛl)

n. 1. something of little value or importance; a trifle. 2. a game similar to billiards played on a board with holes on one end. 3. a short and light musical composition. [1630–40; < French < Upper Italian bagat(t)ella, derivative of bagatta small possession]

bagatelle

- From French or Italian for "trick" or "trifle."See also related terms for trifle.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bagatelle - a light piece of music for piano musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements"
	2.	bagatelle - something of little value or significancefrippery, frivolity, fluffsmall beer, trivia, triviality, trifle - something of small importance
	3.	bagatelle - a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked overbar billiardstable game - a game that is played on a tableBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

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