BAGATELLE
Dictionary entry overview: What does bagatelle mean?
• BAGATELLE (noun)
The noun BAGATELLE has 3 senses:
1. a light piece of music for piano
2. something of little value or significance
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
Familiarity information: BAGATELLE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BAGATELLE (noun)
Meaning:
A light piece of music for piano
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bagatelle" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Meaning:
Something of little value or significance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
frippery; bagatelle; fluff; frivolity
Hypernyms ("bagatelle" is a kind of...):
small beer; trifle; trivia; triviality (something of small importance)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bar billiards; bagatelle
Hypernyms ("bagatelle" is a kind of...):
table game (a game that is played on a table)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
