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Rarebagatelle
The correct spelling is bagatelle.
How to pronounce bagatelle
noun
IPA: /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/
Say it like: Bag-ate-lle
The correct spelling is bagatelle. A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A trifle; an insubstantial thing.
- 2.A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
- 3.A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
- 4.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.
verb
- 1.To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.
- 2.To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.
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