bauble

Meaning

1. A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.
2. (broadly, figuratively) Anything trivial and worthless.
3. A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.
4. A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

Synonyms

trinket

toy

gewgaw

trifle

gaud

bangle

novelty

fallal

knick-knack

bagatelle

thingamajig

gimcrack

trinketry

details

ornament

plaything

rattle

item

tinsel

detail

trick

brummagem

bijou

spangle

kickshaw

knick knack

Translations

babiole

bagatelle

chuchería

μπιχλιμπίδι

μικρόπραγμα

boule de Noël

broutille

Kleinigkeit

μπάλα

Glaskugel

Unwichtigkeit

bazzeccola

Christbaumkugel

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbɔːbəɫ]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bable

In summary

From Middle English bable, babel, babull, babulle, from Old French babel, baubel (“trinket, child's toy”), most likely a reduplication of bel, ultimately from Latin bellus (“pretty”).