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bagatelle

N เกม คล้าย เกม บิลเลียด  kem-khlai-kem-bin-liad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BAGATELLE

n.bagatel'. A trifle; a thing of no importance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BAGATELLE

Bag `a *telle ", n. Etym: [F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n.]

 

1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior.

 

2. 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bagatelle

bag a telle |ˌbagəˈtel ˈˌbæɡəˈˌtɛl | noun 1 a thing of little importance; a very easy task: dealing with these boats was a mere bagatelle for the world's oldest yacht club. 2 a game in which small balls are hit and then allowed to roll down a sloping board on which there are holes, each numbered with the score achieved if a ball goes into it, with pins acting as obstructions. 3 a short, light piece of music, esp. one for the piano. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. ( sense 1 ): from French, from Italian bagatella, perhaps from baga baggage or from a diminutive of Latin baca berry. Sense 2 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

bagatelle

bagatelle |ˌbagəˈtɛl | noun 1 [ mass noun ] a game in which small balls are hit and then allowed to roll down a sloping board on which there are holes, each numbered with the score achieved if a ball goes into it, with pins acting as obstructions. 2 a thing regarded as too unimportant or easy to be worth much consideration: dealing with these boats was a mere bagatelle for the world's oldest yacht club. 3 a short, light piece of music, especially one for the piano. ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in sense 2 ): from French, from Italian bagatella, perhaps from baga baggage or from a diminutive of Latin baca berry . Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent.

 

Duden Dictionary

Bagatelle

Ba ga tel le Substantiv, feminin , die |Bagat e lle österreichisch auch …ˈtɛl |die Bagatelle; Genitiv: der Bagatelle, Plural: die Bagatellen französisch bagatelle < italienisch bagatella = kleine, unnütze Sache, Verkleinerungsform von: baga < lateinisch baca = Beere 1 unbedeutende, geringfügige Angelegenheit; Kleinigkeit etwas als Bagatelle betrachten, behandeln 2 Musik kurzes, zweiteiliges Instrumentalstück

 

French Dictionary

bagatelle

bagatelle n. f. nom féminin 1 Chose frivole sans valeur et sans utilité. SYNONYME babiole ; bêtise ; bricole . 2 Petite somme d ’argent. : Ça coûte une bagatelle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bagatelle

bag a telle /bæ̀ɡətél /名詞 1 C ささいなこと, つまらないもの (trifle ).2 U バガテル 〘ビリヤードに似たゲーム 〙.3 C 〘楽 〙バガテル 〘ピアノ用の小曲 〙.