bauble

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Archived revision by Andrew Sheedy (talk | contribs) as of 03:30, 16 December 2019.

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): [ˈbɔːbəɫ]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Scots" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): [ˈbɒbəɫ]
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈbɔbəl/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cot-caught" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbəl/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔːbəl

Noun

bauble (plural baubles)

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
- Mary W. Shelley, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Chapter 8
  as to the bauble on which the chief proof rests, if she had earnestly desired it, I should have willingly given it to her, so much do I esteem and value her.
A club or sceptre carried by a jester.
A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

Synonyms

(showy ornament): See also: Thesaurus:trinket

Translations

cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery

Bulgarian: дрънкулка (bg) (drǎnkulka)
Dutch: prulletje (nl)snuisterij (nl)
Finnish: rihkamakoru, hely (fi)
French: babiole (fr) f
Greek: μπιχλιμπίδι (el) n (bichlimpídi)
Ancient: λῆρος m (lêros)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Interlingue: Lua error in Module:translations at line 71: Translations must be for attested and approved main-namespace languages.
Italian: chincaglieria f, cianfrusaglia (it) 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
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Russian: шутовской жезл m (šutovskoj žezl)

small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees

Bulgarian: топка (bg) (topka)
Dutch: kerstbal (nl) m
Esperanto: kristnaska globo
Finnish: joulupallo
French: boule de Noël f
German: Christbaumkugel (de) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Hungarian: gömbdísz
Polish: bombka (pl) f, bańka (pl) f
Russian: ёлочный шар m (jóločnyj šar)
Spanish: bola de navidad f
Swedish: julgranskula c

Further reading

bauble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Template:Wikisource1911Enc Citation

Anagrams

bubale

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=bauble&oldid=58176526"

Hidden categories: