bagattella

== Italian == === Alternative forms === bagatella === Etymology === Diminutive of dialectal bagata (“little property”), from Late Latin baga, from Latin bāca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.ɡatˈtɛl.la/ Rhymes: -ɛlla Hyphenation: ba‧gat‧tèl‧la === Noun === bagattella f (plural bagattelle) trifle (small, unimportant thing) (music) bagatelle (all senses) ==== Descendants ==== → French: bagatelle→ Catalan: bagatel·la→ Danish: bagatel→ Dutch: bagatel→ English: bagatelle→ German: Bagatelle→ Greek: μπαγκατέλα (bagkatéla) → Portuguese: bagatela →? Sicilian: barattella, baratteḍḍa (mainly plural) === References === “bagatelle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “bagatelle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Further reading === bagattella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana