BAGATELLE

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something of little value or significance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagatelle; fluff; frippery; frivolity

Hypernyms ("bagatelle" is a kind of...):

small beer; trifle; trivia; triviality (something of small importance)

Sense 3

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:

bagatelle; bar billiards

Hypernyms ("bagatelle" is a kind of...):

table game (a game that is played on a table)

Domain region:

Britain; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 Context examples 

"Overdue" was the title he had decided for it, and its length he believed would not be more than sixty thousand words—a bagatelle for him with his splendid vigor of production.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)