trinket

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪt

Noun

trinket (plural trinkets)

1. A small showy ornament or piece of jewelry

   That little trinket around her neck must have cost a bundle.

2. A mere trifle

   It's only a little trinket, but it reminds her of him.

Translations

a small showy ornament or piece of jewelry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小飾物 (cmn), 小饰物 (cmn) (xiǎo shìwù), 小玩意 (cmn) (xiǎo wányì)

• Finnish: koru (fi)
• French: colifichet (fr) m, bibelot (fr) m, breloque (fr) f
• Irish: daighsín (ga) m

• Japanese: 小物 (ja) (こもの, komono), 安ピカ (ja) (yasupika)
• Norwegian: smykke (no) n, verdigjenstand (no) m, nips (no) pl
• Russian: побрякушка (ru) (pobrjakúška) f, безделушка (ru) (bezdelúška) f
• Spanish: perendengue (es), baratija (es), cháchara (es)

a mere trifle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瑣事 (cmn), 琐事 (cmn) (suǒshì), 小事 (cmn) (xiǎoshì)

• Finnish: hely (fi)

• French: babiole (fr) f, bricole (fr) f, broutille (fr) f
• Japanese: 些事 (ja) (さじ, saji), 小事 (ja) (しょうじ, shōji)
• Russian: пустяк (ru) (pustják) m, мелочи (ru) (méloči) f pl

Verb

trinket (third-person singular simple present trinkets, present participle trinketing, simple past and past participle trinketed)

1. (obsolete) To give trinkets; to court favour.

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Anagrams

• knitter

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German

Verb

trinket

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of trinken.