Noun: bagatelle ,ba-gu'tel
- Something of little value or significance
"She dismissed his concerns as mere bagatelles";
- fluff, frippery, frivolity
- A light piece of music for piano
"The pianist played a charming bagatelle as an encore"
- 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
"bagatelle is commonly found in British pubs";
- bar billiards [Brit]
Derived forms: bagatelles
Type of: composition, musical composition, opus, picayune [N. Amer, informal], piddler [informal], piece, piece of music, small beer [informal], small fry [informal], table game, trifle, trivia, triviality
Encyclopedia: Bagatelle