Bagatelle

Word BAGATELLE
Character 9
Hyphenation bag a telle
Pronunciations /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/

Definitions and meanings of "Bagatelle"

What do we mean by bagatelle?

An unimportant or insignificant thing; a trifle. noun

A short, light piece of verse or music. noun

A game played on an oblong table with a cue and balls. noun

Specifically, in music, a short and light piece, usually for the piano. noun

A trifle; a thing of no importance. noun

A game played on a table having at one end nine holes, into which balls are to be struck with a billiard-cue. noun

A trifle; a thing of no importance. noun

A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. noun

A trifle; an unsubstantial thing. noun

A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character. noun

A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only. noun

Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball. noun

Something of little value or significance noun

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 noun

A light piece of music for piano noun

A trifle; an insubstantial thing.

A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.

A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.

Any of several smaller, wooden table top games developed from the original bagatelle in which the pockets are made of pins; also called pin bagatelle, hit-a-pin bagatelle, jaw ball.

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The word "bagatelle" in example sentences

A mercurial and fractured look at the bond between two brothers, this nouvelle vague-inflected bagatelle is played by two of France's indelible young actors, Romain Duris and Louis Garrel. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Contredanse (1827) seems to condense ballade and mazurka into a unit that Beethoven would likely have called a bagatelle, except the sweetness belongs to Chopin. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A bagatelle is a short piece of music, usually for piano, and with a light mellow character. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Consular 'bagatelle' was too confined in comparison with the spacious apartments in the Tuileries. ❋ Various (N/A)

Malmaison was a suitable country residence for Bonaparte as long as he remained content with his town apartments in the little Luxembourg; but that Consular 'bagatelle' was too confined in comparison with the spacious apartments in the Tuileries. ❋ Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De (1836)

She remained in deep meditation, and began to search for the real obstacle that she had encountered, for it was impossible that it should enter the mind of any lady, that a gentleman could despise that bagatelle which is of such great price and so high value. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

'bagatelle', the player's demands to leave Old Trafford are guaranteed to overshadow the game at the Britannia Stadium. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A tilt of 0.25 degrees is a bagatelle compared to the extravagant four degrees at which the tower of Pisa is tilting, and it would take 4,000 years to equal that. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A mere bagatelle, it's true, but next Sunday there will be a full episode -- "Cuckoo," by Emma Bull. ❋ Truepenny (2009)

"Overdue" was the title he had decided for it, and its length he believed would not be more than sixty thousand words — a bagatelle for him with his splendid vigor of production. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Or, if not that exact concerto, another by Mozart or perhaps an early Beethoven bagatelle to serve as a counterweight to the second—heavier—portion of the program, Mahler's Fifth. ❋ Joanne Kaufman (2011)

"A delicious bagatelle, frothier and more imaginative than its predecessor." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cameron's 'triumph' over the EU budget is a mere bagatelle ❋ Unknown (2011)

At fifteen cents a dozen, the initial cost of his thousand dozen would be one hundred and fifty dollars, a mere bagatelle in face of the enormous profit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The exposure of numerous MPs and Peers over the summer as nothing so much as looters of the public purse is actually no more than a mere bagatelle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Lib Dem U-turn on tuition fees is a mere bagatelle beside such breathtaking, bald-faced upending of policy promises. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The scaled-down cupcake—minuscule, inconsequential, silly—is a Carter-era bagatelle. ❋ Joe Queenan (2011)

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