ме́лочь — meaning in English

English meaning

• bagatelle noun A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
• change verb To become different, or to make something different.
• trifle noun A British dessert layered with sponge cake, custard, fruit, jelly, and whipped cream.
• trinket noun A small decorative item, especially cheap jewelry, valued more for looks than worth.
• trivia noun Small, unimportant facts or details, often obscure ones.

Senses

ме́лочь is used for these senses in English:

• bagatelle A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
• change (uncountable) An amount of cash, usually in the form of coins, but sometimes inclusive of paper money.
• small change (idiomatic) A minor or insignificant amount of money.
• small fry One or more small or immature fish.
• small fry (informal) One or more children.
• small fry (idiomatic) One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
• trifle (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
• trinket (figurative) A thing of little value; a toy, a trifle.

bagatelle — full definition

1. noun A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
2. noun A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
3. noun A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
4. noun Any of several smaller wooden tabletop games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins.

change — full definition

1. verb To become different, or to make something different.
2. verb To replace one thing with another, such as clothes or a diaper.
3. verb To switch from one train, bus, or vehicle to another during a journey.
4. noun The act or result of becoming different.
5. noun Coins given back after paying with a larger amount of money than the price.

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