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Noun
/ˌbagəˈtel/,
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bagatelles, plural;
  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

  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
  4. Bagatelle (from the Château de Bagatelle) is an indoor table game related to billiards, the object of which is to get a number of balls (set at nine in the nineteenth century) past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. ...
  5. Bagatelle are an Irish rock band who first formed in August 1978 . They are well known for their popular pop hits such as 'Second Violin' and other traditional Irish songs such as "Summer in Dublin".
  6. A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece.
  7. Bagatelle is a one-act French opéra-comique by Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by Hector Crémieux and Ernest Blum.
  8. Bagatelle was a gourmet restaurant in the borough Frogner in Oslo, Norway.
  9. Bagatelle is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974.
  10. A trifle; an unsubstantial thing; A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character; Beethoven composed several for the piano; A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only; Any of several smaller, wooden ...
  11. (Bagatelles) for viola and piano (1975)
  12. A game in which some device (a plunger, a short cue stick, or a wood flap) propels a small metal ball or marble up a slightly tilted ramp so that it reaches the top of a vertical rectangular board (often closed-in with a glass cover) and then falls back, either landing in one of the point- ...
  13. This is a French version of American strawberry shortcake. Bagatelle starts with a genoise cake split in half and filled with pastry cream and sweetened whipped cream and strawberries.
  14. a trifle; a thing of no importance