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

Synonyms

• (showy ornament): See also: Wikisaurus:trinket

Translations

cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery

• Bulgarian: дрънкулка (bg) ‎(drǎnkulka)
• Dutch: prulletje (nl)snuisterij
• Finnish: rihkamakoru, hely (fi)
• French: babiole (fr) f

• Russian: безделу́шка (ru) f ‎(bezdelúška), побряку́шка (ru) f ‎(pobrjakúška)
• Serbo-Croatian: drangulija (sh), đinđuva (sh)

club or sceptre carried by a jester

• Finnish: narrinsauva

• Russian: шутовской жезл m ‎(šutovskoj žezl)

small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees

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

• Hungarian: gömbdísz
• Polish: bombka (pl) f, bańka (pl) f
• Russian: ёлочный шар m ‎(jóločnyj šar)
• Spanish: bola de navidad f
• Swedish: julgranskula c

See also

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

Anagrams

• bubale