C2noun · rare

bauble

bauble · baubles

безделушка, побрякушка, ёлочный шар, шутовской жезл

Modeschmuck, Schnickschnack, Christbaumkugel

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewelleryA cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

US/ˈbɔbəl/

» I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.

Meaning

4 senses

A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
Modeschmuck, Schnickschnack
безделу́шкаbezdelúška, побряку́шкаpobrjakúška
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
(broadly, figuratively)Anything trivial and worthless.
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
Christbaumkugel
ёлочный шарjóločnyj šar
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
шутовской жезлšutovskoj žezl
a mock scepter carried by a court jester

Examples

1 sentences

I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery:

small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees:

club or sceptre carried by a jester:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery:

small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees:

Origin

From Middle English bable, babel, babull, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel (“trinket

From Middle English bable, babel, babull, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).

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