noun
bagatelle
Bagatelle (noun) means something of very little importance or value.
noun
1
Something of very little importance or value.
"They'd purchased a little house in the eighth arrondissement in Paris that for them was just a bagatelle, since they rarely lived there."
— Edmund White, The tea ceremony (1996)
2
A short piece of music or writing, usually light and playful in style.
"One afternoon in 1920. a young pianist sat down in a shuttered room in the capital of defeated Germany and played a Bagatelle by Beethoven."
— Norman Lebrecht, The Life And Death of Classical Music (2007)
3
A billiards-like game played on a rectangular table that has pockets or arches at only one end.
4
Any of a number of small wooden tabletop games based on the original, where pins take the place of pockets.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French bagatelle, which comes from Italian bagattella.
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What is the meaning of bagatelle?
"bagatelle" (noun) means something of very little importance or value.
What is another word for bagatelle?
Other words for "bagatelle" include fluff, frivolity, frippery.
What are the different meanings of bagatelle?
"bagatelle" has 3 main meanings: 1. Something of very little importance or value; 2. A short piece of music or writing, usually light and playful in style; 3. A billiards-like game played on a rectangular table that has pockets or arches at only one end.
