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Definition: Bauble |
BaubleNoun1. A mock scepter carried by a court jester. 2. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bauble" was first used: sometime around 1330. (references) |
Etymology: Bauble \Bau"ble\, noun. [Compare to Old French baubel child's plaything, French babiole, Italian babbola, Late Latin expression baubellum gem, jewel, from Latin expression babulus, baburrus, foolish.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Bauble A fool should never hold a bauble in his hand. " `Tis a foolish bird that fouls its own nest." The bauble was a short stick, ornamented with ass's ears, carried by licensed fools. (French, babiole, a plaything; Old French, baubel, a child's toy.) If every fool held a bauble, fuel would be dear. The proverb indicates that the world contains so many fools that if each had a separate bauble there would be but little wood left for lighting fires. To deserve the bauble. To be so foolish as to be qualified to carry a fool's emblem of office. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BaubleSynonyms: bangle (n), fallal (n), gaud (n), gewgaw (n), novelty (n), trinket (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Amusement | Toy, plaything, bauble; doll; (puppet ); teetotum; knickknack; (trifle); magic lantern; (show); peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show; toy shop; "quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles". |
Unimportance | Toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, " trifles light as air "; yankee notions. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bauble |
| English words defined with "bauble": Bawble. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Bauble" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bauble" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bauble | 20 |
bead and bauble | 16 |
bauble christmas tree uk | 7 |
bauble beads.com | 7 |
bauble christmas tree | 7 |
bauble christmas online tree | 6 |
bangle bauble | 5 |
bauble bangle bead | 5 |
baby bauble | 4 |
bauble evan | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bauble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | stringël (bagatelle, bibelot, bijouterie, charm, curio, falderal, frippery, gaud, knick knack, Nick nack, pendant, pennant, rattletrap, trinket), stoli (attire, ornaments, trimmings). (various references) | |
Arabic | حلية رخيصة (trinket), شىء تافه (bagatelle, bosh, damn, duffer, dust, fluff, frivolity, froth, gewgaw, hog, joke, piffling, small beer, tripe, triviality), شخص تافه (black sheep, bugger, crumb, deformity, dog, insect, morsel, myrmidon, nitwit, peanut, pipsqueak, rag, sprat, swab, toad, trash), دمية للأطفال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | жезъл на шут, дрънкулка (doohickey, falderal, gaud, gimcrack, knick knack, trinket). (various references) | |
Czech | tretka (gaud, gewgaw, knick knack, Nick nack, trinket), cetka (Spangle, tinsel, trinket). (various references) | |
French | bagatelle (bagatelle), babiole, marotte, colifichet. (various references) | |
German | Spielerei (frivolity, gambling, gimmick, playing). (various references) | |
Greek | μπιχλιμπίδι (gimcrack, kickshaw, knick knack, trinket). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csecsebecse (bibelot, bric-a-brac, doodad, fancy articles, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack ornaments, knick knack, Nick nack, trinket), zsuzsu (charm, pendant), játékszer (doodad, golliwog, plaything, toy). (various references) | |
Italian | gingillo (knick knack, trinket, widget), fronzolo (frill, frippery, gaud, gewgaw), ciondolo (pendant, trinket). (various references) | |
Manx | moyrneen (gee-gaw, gewgaw, plaything). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aublebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bugiganga (affectation, brummagem, grimace, grimacing, pretty, toy, trifle, trinket), brinquedo (plaything, toy), quinquilharia (hardware), ninharia (ace, dab, falderal, fallal, gewgaw, inch, knick-knack, little, nick-nack, non-essential, nothingness, picayune, rap, straw, trifle, trinket), coisa sem importância (damn, knick-knack, nick-nack, non-essential, nothingness, trifle). (various references) | |
Romanian | bijuterie ieftinã, nimic (anything, fillip, flea-bite, morsel, naught, negation, nil, nonentity, nothing, nothingness, nought, stiver, trifle), marotã (fad, fancy), jucãrie (child's play, gewgaw, plaything, sport, tool, toy, trifle), fleac (a piece of cake, bunkum, chaff, doit, fillip, flapdoodle, flea-bite, flummery, fribble, kickshaw, knick knack, nil, nothing, nothingness, peppercorn, pin head, push over, rot, rubbish, rubble, small beer, stiver, tittle tattle, trash, trifle, trinket), emblemã a bufonului. (various references) | |
Russian | безделушка (bagatelle, bijou, bric-a-brac, doodad, falderal, gadget, gewgaw, kickshaw, knick knack, knickknack, knick-knack, Nick nack, rattletrap, trinket, whatnot), игрушка (dangle-dolly, gaud, plaything, toy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tričarija (gimcrack, knick knack, Nick nack, nicknack, trifle, trinket). (various references) | |
Spanish | chuchería (gaud, gewgaw, knick knack, Nick nack, ornament, ornamental, quip, toy, trinket). (various references) | |
Swedish | struntsak (falderal, fiddle, kickshaw, trifle, triviality), småsak (bijou, fluff, knick knack, knick-knack, Nick nack, trifle), leksak (toy), grannlåt (display, frills, frippery, furbelows, gaud, gewgaw, show, tawdriness, trappings, trumpery). (various references) | |
Turkish | saray soytarısının sopası, güzel fakat değersiz şey, değersiz mücevher, önemsiz şey (bagatelle, cypher, iota, knickknack, makeweight, mickey mouse, molehill, nicknack, no big deal, picayune, rush, small beer, stiver, straw, toy, trifle, tuppence, twopence, unessential, unimportant thing). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | іграшка (gaud, plaything, toy), дурничка, дрібничка (bibelot, gewgaw, knick knack, Nick nack, pinhead, pinpoint, pretty, toy, trinket). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | đ" trang sức loè loẹt rẻ tiền đ" chơi. (various references) | |
Welsh | tegan (plaything, toy), ffril. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bellus. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | baubel. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bauble": baubles. (additional references) | |
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"Bauble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babale, bable, Babulal, Baburen, bajuli, bakula, baual, baubel, baubled, baufle, baugble, baulieu, baumler, beable, Beaubien, beeble, Beubler, biable, Boube, Boublik, Buabse, Buble, bublle, bubucled, Bubulu, mauble. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bauble" (pronounced bô"bul) |
| 3 | -b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, able, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amble, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, assemble, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, bramble, breakable, bubble, buildable, Bumble, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, crumble, culpable, curable, cymbal, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, disassemble, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, dissemble, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, ensemble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fumble, fungible, fusible, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, humble, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, symbol, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, jumble, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, mumble, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, nimble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, preamble, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, ramble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, reassemble, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resemble, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, shamble, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, thimble, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, tunable, turntable, typeable, umbel, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unscramble, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wamble, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bubale. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-l-u" | |
-1 letter: babel, babul, bubal. | |
-2 letters: abbe, able, babe, babu, bale, beau, blab, blae, bleb, blub, blue, bulb, lube. | |
-3 letters: alb, ale, bal, bel, bub, eau, ebb, lab, lea, leu. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, al, ba, be, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-b-e-l-u" | |
+1 letter: abubble, barbule, baubles, bubales, buyable. | |
+2 letters: abusable, barbules, belabour, blueball, bubaline, buffable, burnable, clubable, curbable, squabble, tubbable. | |
+3 letters: belabours, blueballs, bluebeard, bubalises, buildable, burnables, clubbable, doubtable, dubitable, squabbled, squabbler, squabbles, tabbouleh. | |
+4 letters: belaboured, bluebeards, bubblehead, butterball, landlubber, numberable, obnubilate, rebuttable, scrubbable, squabblers, subaudible, sublimable, subsumable, tabboulehs, unbearable, unbearably, unbeatable, unbeatably, unbendable, unburnable. | |
+5 letters: belabouring, boatbuilder, bubbleheads, butterballs, indubitable, landlubbers, nonburnable, obnubilated, obnubilates, perturbable, publishable, redoubtable, redoubtably, subassembly, subumbrella, unbreakable, unbudgeable, unbudgeably, unbuildable, unclimbable, unclubbable, undebatable, undebatably, undoubtable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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