Etymology

bagatelle

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Today it means: A trifle; an insubstantial thing. Full definition →

French bagatelle ← Italian bagattella
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  1. Italian · derived frombagattella
  2. French · borrowed frombagatelle
  3. English todaybagatelle

Borrowed from French bagatelle, from Italian bagattella.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.