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

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