bagatelle meaning

Noun: bagatelle  `bagu'tel

1. A light piece of music for piano 
2. Something of little value or significance
   - fluff, frippery, frivolity 
3. [Brit] 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
   - bar billiards [Brit]

Derived forms: bagatelles

Type of: composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, small beer, table game, trifle, trivia, triviality

Encyclopedia: Bagatelle

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1. to him money is a bagatelle.
2. witness great events and bagatelle of mold industry, we try to make most professional magazine
3. A second bagatelle table was placed on the first floor landing.
4. 3A Unterwegs, I  Ten Progressive Bagatelles for Beginning Guitarists.
5. Most of the drawings are mere bagatelles, yet not without interest.