Link Centre Dictionary

bagatelle

ba·ga·telle

UK/ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

a light piece of music for piano

2.
3.

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

Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.

Phrases

  • Russian bagatelle

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.