bagatelle

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/

Verb

intransitive rare transitive

(intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle. / (transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）バガテルというゲームのボールのように、ぶらぶら、またはのんびりと動き回る / （他動詞）〜を取るに足らないもの、些細なものとみなす、軽視する

What is this buttons?

Old marbles bagatelle across the battered board, slipping unpredictably between the rows of pins.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古いビー玉が傷んだ盤の上をあちこち転がり、列になったピンの間を不規則にすり抜けた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive, rare) To meander or move around, in a manner similar to the ball in the game of bagatelle.

Admittedly Mané’s strike did rebound off a post as the ball bagatelled around the home area. It was characteristically cleared before Roberto Firmino could redirect the fall out beyond Henderson.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, rare) To bagatellize; to regard as a bagatelle.

That Saddam Hussein announced his intentions to destroy Israel a long time ago was either ignored or bagatelled. “We just didn't have time to address the threat to Israel,” explained Brigitte Erler on the eve of a large peace demonstration in Bonn.

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bagatelles

（ present singular third-person ）

bagatelling

（ participle present ）

bagatelled

（ participle past ）

bagatelled

（ past ）

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