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Definitions for bagatelle
ˌbæg əˈtɛlbagatelle
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Princeton's WordNet
bagatellenoun
a light piece of music for piano
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolitynoun
something of little value or significance
bagatelle, bar billiardsnoun
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
Wiktionary
bagatellenoun
A trifle; an unsubstantial thing.
bagatellenoun
A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
bagatellenoun
A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
bagatellenoun
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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Bagatellenoun
A trifle; a thing of no importance.
Etymology: bagatelle, Fr.
Heaps of hair rings and cypher’d seals;
Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Bagatelle
Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the 19th century) past wooden pins (which act as obstacles) into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over. It probably developed from the table made with raised sides for trou madame, which was also played with ivory balls and continued to be popular into the later 19th century, after which it developed into bar billiards, with influences from the French/Belgian game billard russe (with supposed Russian origins). A bagatelle variant using fixed metal pins, billard japonais, eventually led to the development of pachinko and pinball.
ChatGPT
bagatelle
A bagatelle is a thing of little importance; a very easy task or accomplishment; a trifle. It can also refer to a short and light piece of music, usually for piano, or a short unpretentious literary or artistic piece. In the 18th century, it was also a game played on a board with holes using cues and balls.
Webster Dictionary
Bagatellenoun
a trifle; a thing of no importance
Bagatellenoun
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
Wikidata
Bagatelle
Bagatelle is a billiards-derived indoor table game, the object of which is to get a number of balls past wooden pins into holes. It probably developed from the table made with raised sides for trou madame, which was also played with ivory balls and continued to be popular into the later nineteenth century. A bagatelle variant using fixed metal pins, billard Japonais, eventually led to the development of pinball and pachinko. Bagatelle is also laterally related to miniature golf.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Bagatelle
bag-a-tel′, n. a trifle: a piece of music in a light style: a game played on a board (7 feet long and 21 inches broad) with nine balls and a cue, the object being to put the balls down into as many numbered holes at the farther semicircular end of the board. [Fr.—It. bagatella, a conjurer's trick, a trifle.]
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Etymology and Origins
Bagatelle
From the Italian bagetella, a conjurer’s trick.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bagatelle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bagatelle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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- дреболияBulgarian
- bagatel·laCatalan, Valencian
- Geringfügigkeit, Kleinigkeit, Nichtigkeit, Unwichtigkeit, Belanglosigkeit, BagatelleGerman
- μηδαμινό τιGreek
- bagatela, billar romanoSpanish
- bagatelli, bagatelle, pikkuseikka, fortunaFinnish
- sciocchezza, baggianata, pinzillacchera, pagliuzza, bazzeccola, banalità, nonnulla, minuzia, cosina, quisquilia, ineziaItalian
- onbenulligheid, kleinigheidDutch
- BagatelleNorwegian
- småsak, struntsak, petitess, bagatellSwedish
- అల్పంTelugu
- onemsiz şeyTurkish
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