bauble

English

Etymology

From Old French baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: [ˈbɔːbəɫ]
• (Scots) IPA: [ˈbɒbəɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɔːbəl
• (US) IPA: /ˈbɔbəl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈbɑbəl/

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Noun

bauble (plural baubles)

1. A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
2. A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
3. A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

Translations

cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery

• Bulgarian: дрънкулка (bg) (drǎnkulka)
• Finnish: rihkamakoru (fi)
• French: babiole (fr) f

• Russian: безделушка (ru) (bezdeluška) f, побрякушка (ru) (pobrjakuška) f
• Serbo-Croatian: drangulija (sh), đinđuva (sh)

club or sceptre carried by a jester

• Finnish: narrinsauva (fi)

• Russian: шутовской жезл (ru) (šutovskoj žezl) m

small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees

• Bulgarian: топка (bg) (topka)
• Dutch: kerstbal (nl) m
• Finnish: lasipallo (fi)
• French: boule de Noël (fr) f
• German: Christbaumkugel (de) f

• Hungarian: gömbdísz (hu)
• Polish: bombka (pl) f
• Russian: ёлочный шар (ru) (jóločnyj šar) m
• Spanish: bola de navidad (es) f

See also

• Bauble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bauble in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Anagrams

• bubale