Definition of bagatelle Bagatelle

bag•a•telle

We found 13 definitions of bagatelle from 6 different sources.

What does bagatelle mean?

Noun Plural: bagatelles
bagatelle - 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
		table game a game that is played on a table
bagatelle - something of little value or significance
		fluff, frippery, frivolity
bagatelle - a light piece of music for piano

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bagatelle (Noun)
A trifle; an unsubstantial thing.
bagatelle (Noun)
A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.
bagatelle (Noun)
A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
bagatelle (Noun)
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 .

bagatelle (n.)
A trifle; a thing of no importance.
bagatelle (n.)
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.

bagatelle
bag-a-tel′, n. a trifle: a piece of music in a light style: a game played on a board (7 feet long and 21 inches broad) with nine balls and a cue, the object being to put the balls down into as many numbered holes at the farther semicircular end of the board. [Fr.—It. bagatella, a conjurer's trick, a trifle.]