Trifle

Definitions

1. An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
   countable, uncountable
2. Anything that is of little importance or worth.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
3. An insignificant amount of money.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. A very small amount (of something).
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
5. A particular kind of pewter.
   countable, uncountable
6. Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
   uncountable

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةكعكة الفاكهة

Българскидреболия

Bosanskibagatelabiskvitfrajermigasitnicatricaбисквиттрица+ 5 more

Catalàfotesa

Češtinalapáliemalichernostmaličkostprkotinatrocha+ 2 more

Cymraegmelysgybolfa

Ελληνικάμπιχλιμπίδι

Eestivahe

Suomihippunenhitunenhiukkanenleikitelläleikkiäpikkurihkamapilaillarahtunenripaustina-astiaväheksyävitsailla+ 9 more

Gaeilgetraidhfil

Galegobaldaconachadamiga

हिन्दीठट्ठा

Hrvatskibagatelabiskvitfrajermigasitnicatricaбисквиттрица+ 5 more

Italianobagattellabriciolapeltroun po'un tantinozuppa inglese+ 3 more

日本語トライフル

한국어트라이플

Latinaciccumexiguumfloccusfoliumhilumminutiaparvumrecula+ 5 more

Latviešusīkumssmiekls

Nederlandsaalmoeseen beetjegrappengrollenlichtvaardig handelenonbelangrijke hoeveelheidpuddingtaarttollenverspillen+ 6 more

Polskibagatelabetkabłahostkabzdetbździdłodrobiazgfaramuszkafiksum-dyrdumfirkafrajerfurdagroszówkaigraszkamaleństwomałostkapestka+ 13 more

Portuguêsninhariatrifle

Русскийбисквитигратькопейкине принима́ть всерьёзнебольша́я су́мманебольшо́е коли́чествоприкалыватьсяразбазариватьрасточатьрастрачиватьтеребитьтратитьшутить+ 10 more

Српскиbagatelabiskvitfrajermigasitnicatricaбисквиттрица+ 5 more

Svenskaförslösafutilitethårsmånkrafslappriringaktastruntsumma+ 4 more

Українськаабищицяабищодещицядріб'язокдурня+ 2 more

Examples

“It is interesting to watch⟳ the surface joviality on screen while racism is layered between courses like⟳ soggy trifles.”

“Trifles light⟳ as air / Are to the jealous confirmation strong / As proofs of holy writ.”

“Olde Chaucer doth of Topas tell⟳, / Mad Rablais of Pantagruell, / A latter third of Dowsabell, / With such poore trifles playing:”

“[W]hen they had the Character and Honour of a VVoman at their Mercy, often times made it their Jest, and at least look’d upon it as a Trifle, and counted the Ruin of thoſe, they had had their VVill of, as a thing of no value.”

“‘And all about a rattle!’ said Alice, still hoping to make⟳ them a little ashamed of fighting for such a trifle.”

“A trifle, some eight-penny matter⟳.”

“He told her of horses which he had bought for a trifle and sold for incredible sums […]”

“What’s eighty dollars? A trifle. An insignificant sum.”

““It was bad of me then not to send⟳ the fifteen hundred dollars. I assumed it would be a trifle.” / “Well, until a few months ago it was a trifle.””

“This Line leaves out […] Poplar and Black-vvall, vvhich are indeed contiguous, a Trifle of Ground excepted, and very populous.”

“There was a good deal⟳ of rustling and whispering behind the curtain, a trifle of lamp smoke⟳, and an occasional giggle from Amy […]”

““Take⟳ just a trifle of French mustard […]””

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