bagatelle

bag·a·telle

noun \ˌba-gə-ˈtel\

Definition of BAGATELLE

1

: trifle 1

2

: any of various games involving the rolling of balls into scoring areas

3

: a short literary or musical piece in light style

Examples of BAGATELLE

1. <the question of who will pick up the coffee is a mere bagatelle in the overall planning of the conference>

Origin of BAGATELLE

French, from Italian bagattella

First Known Use: 1633

Related to BAGATELLE

Synonyms: trifle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, triviality

Related Words: naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

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Rhymes with BAGATELLE

APL, Appenzell, aquarelle, asphodel, Azazel, barbicel, béchamel, brocatelle, Camberwell, caramel, caravel, carousel, cascabel, chanterelle, chaparral, Charles Martel, citadel, clientele, cockleshell, Cozumel, decibel, demoiselle, diving bell, fare-thee-well, fontanel, immortelle, Jezebel, killer cell, kiss-and-tell, lenticel, mangonel, muscatel, ne'er-do-well, Neuchâtel, Neufchâtel, New Rochelle, nonpareil, organelle, oversell, parallel, pedicel, pennoncel, personnel, petronel, Philomel, pimpernel, rebel yell, red blood cell, Sanctus bell, San Rafael, São Miguel, show-and-tell, sickle cell, silver bell, solar cell, tortoiseshell, undersell, villanelle, white blood cell, William Tell, zinfandel