trifle

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle (“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe (“deception”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪfəl/ Rhymes: -aɪfəl Hyphenation: tri‧fle === Noun === trifle (countable and uncountable, plural trifles) (cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream. Coordinate terms: tiramisu, bread pudding (figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trifle An insignificant amount of money. (figurative) A very small amount (of something). Synonyms: smidgen; see also Thesaurus:modicum A particular kind of pewter. (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter. ==== Derived terms ==== a trifle Black Forest trifle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trifle (third-person singular simple present trifles, present participle trifling, simple past and past participle trifled) (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth. (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest. (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something. (transitive) To squander or waste. (transitive, obsolete) To make a trifle of, to make trivial. ==== Synonyms ==== (toy with): fiddle (squander): fritter, wanton ==== Derived terms ==== trifle with ==== Translations ==== === See also === trifle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === fertil, lifter, firtle, Filter, filter, relift, filtre, Trefil == Portuguese == === Noun === trifle m (plural trifles) trifle (English dessert)