bagatelle
bagatelle · bagatelles
пустяк, мелочь, безделушка, багатель
Bagatelle, Kleinigkeit, Nichtigkeit, Geringfügigkeit
A trifle; an insubstantial thingA trifle; an insubstantial thing.
/ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
Bagatelle, Kleinigkeit, Nichtigkeit
пустя́кpustják, ме́лочьméločʹ, безделу́шкаbezdelúška
(countable, uncountable)A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
багате́льbagatɛ́lʹ
a light piece of music for piano
(uncountable)A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
(uncountable)Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
trifle:
literature or music:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
trifle:
Origin
Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.
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Forms
plural: bagatelles| Singular | bagatelle |
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Synonyms
28 synonymstoyA1trickA2trifleC2bag of shellsbric-a-bracdickydicky-birdficofigflamfewflyspeckminuityniff-naffpicayune
Close in meaning
- 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 over:bar billiards
- something of little value or significance:flufffripperyfrivolity
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedbagatellize
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable