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bauble

  • [ˈbɔːbəɫ] UK
  • [ˈbɒbəɫ]
  • /ˈbɔbəl/ US
  • /ˈbɑbəl/ cot caught merger

Sounds like bobble (cot–caught merger) · Rhymes with -ɔːbəl

Where it comes from

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”).

noun baubles

  1. A cheap showy ornament or piece of jewellery; a gewgaw. […] 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.

    Similar: also: Thesaurus:trinket

  2. broadly, figuratively Anything trivial and worthless. His hind quarters were likewise short, and not racinglike, and taken as a specimen of the horse, he was a mere bauble when looked at by the side of an English race-horse, much less a hunter.
  3. A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees. Harry dreamed he was back in the D.A. room. Cho was accusing him of luring him there under false pretenses; she said that he had promised her a hundred and fifty Chocolate Frog cards if she showed up. Harry protested....Cho shouted, "Cedric gave me loads of Chocolate Frog cards, look!" And she pulle
  4. A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

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noun cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery

Españolbaratija
Françaisbabiole
DeutschModeschmuck, Schnickschnack
Italianochincaglieria, cianfrusaglia
Ελληνικάμπιχλιμπίδι bichlimpídi
Русскийбезделу́шка bezdelúška, побряку́шка pobrjakúška

noun small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees

Españolbola de navidad
Portuguêsbola de natal
Françaisboule de Noël
DeutschChristbaumkugel
Русскийёлочный шар jóločnyj šar

noun club or sceptre carried by a jester

Русскийшутовской жезл šutovskoj žezl

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@misc{bauble_2026,
  title = {bauble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bauble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}