trifle

tri·fle  (trfl)

n.

1. Something of little importance or value.

2. A small amount; a jot.

3. A dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake soaked in sherry, rum, or brandy and topped with layers of jam or jelly, custard, and whipped cream.

4.

a. A moderately hard variety of pewter.

b. trifles Utensils made from this variety of pewter.

v. tri·fled, tri·fling, tri·fles

v.intr.

1. To deal with something as if it were of little significance or value.

2. To act, perform, or speak with little seriousness or purpose; jest.

3. To play or toy with something: Don't trifle with my affections. See Synonyms at flirt.

v.tr.

To waste (time or money, for example).

Idiom:

a trifle

Very little; somewhat: a trifle stingy.

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[Middle English trufle, trifle, from Old French trufle, mockery, diminutive of truffe, deception.]

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trifler (trflr) n.

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trifle [ˈtraɪf^əl]

n

1. a thing of little or no value or significance

2. a small amount; bit a trifle more enthusiasm

3. (Cookery) Brit a cold dessert made with sponge cake spread with jam or fruit, soaked in wine or sherry, covered with a custard sauce and cream, and decorated

4. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a type of pewter of medium hardness

5. (Engineering / Metallurgy) articles made from this pewter

vb

1. (intr; usually foll by with) to deal (with) as if worthless; dally to trifle with a person's affections

2. to waste (time) frivolously

[from Old French trufle mockery, from trufler to cheat]

trifler  n

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trifle

• bagatelle - From French or Italian for "trick" or "trifle."
• burlesque - From French, which got it from Italian burlesco, a derivative of burla, "joke, fun"—which may have come from Latin burra, "trifle."
• trifle - In the sense of the dessert, it gets its name from being a "light" confection.
• trifle - From French truffle/truffe, "deceit, trickery."

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trifle - a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate pud, pudding - (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) tipsy cake - a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit
	2.	trifle - a detail that is considered insignificant technicality, triviality detail, item, point - an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
	3.	trifle - something of small importance         small beer, trivia, triviality object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" frippery, frivolity, bagatelle, fluff - something of little value or significance
Verb	1.	trifle - waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money"
	2.	trifle - act frivolously                       frivol behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
	3.	trifle - consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" dally, play look at, deal, consider, take - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" dally, toy, flirt, play - behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

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trifle

noun

1. little, bit, touch, spot, trace, dash, pinch, jot, drop He found both locations just a trifle disappointing.

2. knick-knack, nothing, toy, plaything, bauble, triviality, bagatelle, gewgaw He had no money to spare on trifles.

3. (often plural) unimportant matter or thing, trivia, technicality, minutiae He doesn't let such trifles worry him.

4. very small amount, pittance, piddling amount (informal), peanuts (informal) He begged hard for a trifle to pay for a room.

Quotations
"a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles" [William Shakespeare The Winter's Tale]

Translations

trifle [ˈtraɪfl] N

1. (= cheap object) → baratija f, fruslería f (frm)

2. (= unimportant issue) → pequeñez f, nimiedad f (frm)
he worries about trifles → se preocupa por nimiedades
any trifle can distract her → le distrae cualquier tontería

3. (= small amount) → insignificancia f
£5 is a mere trifle → cinco libras son una insignificancia
you could have bought it for a trifle → hubieras podido comprarlo por una insignificancia or por nada

4. a trifle (as adv) (= somewhat) → algo, un poquito
it's a trifle difficult → es un poco or poquito difícil
we were a trifle put out → quedamos algo desconcertados, nos quedamos un poquito desconcertados

5. (Culin) → dulce m de bizcocho borracho

trifle away VT + ADV → malgastar, desperdiciar

trifle with VI + PREP → jugar con
to trifle with sb → jugar con algn, tratar a algn con poca seriedad
he's not a person to be trifled with → con ése(es)mejor no meterse
to trifle with sb's affections → jugar con los sentimientos de algn
to trifle with one's food → hacer melindres or remilgos a la comida

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trifle [ˈtraɪf^əl]

n

(= unimportant thing) → broutille f, bagatelle f

(= thing of no value) → bagatelle f

(COOKERY) → diplomate m

a trifle adv (= slightly) → un peu
a trifle long → un peu long

vi
to trifle with sb → traiter qn à la légère
not to be trifled with
Mitchell was not someone to be trifled with → Avec Mitchell, on ne plaisantait pas.

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trifle

n

→ Kleinigkeit f; (= trivial matter) → Lappalie f (inf), → Kleinigkeit f; the merest trifle upsets her → die geringste or kleinste Kleinigkeit regt sie auf; I’m so sorry — a trifle, don’t let it worry you → es tut mir außerordentlich leid — das ist doch nicht der Rede wert, machen Sie sich deswegen keine Sorgen!

(= small amount) → Kleinigkeit f; have some more cake — just a trifle, thank you → noch etwas Kuchen? — bloß ein ganz kleines Stückchen, bitte; a trifle hot/small etc → ein bisschen heiß/klein etc; a trifle too … → ein wenig or eine Spur zu …

(Brit Cook) → Trifle nt

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trifle [ˈtraɪfl] n

a. (unimportant thing) → cosa di poco valore, sciocchezza
he worries about trifles → si preoccupa per niente
it's a trifle difficult → è piuttosto difficile
a trifle long → un po' lungo/a

b. (Brit) (Culin) → zuppa inglese

trifle with vi + prep → prendere alla leggera
he's not a person to be trifled with → non è una persona da prendere alla leggera
to trifle with sb's affections → giocare con i sentimenti di qn

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trifle

n trifle [ˈtraifl]

1 anything of very little value $100 is a trifle when one is very rich. bitter min ضَئيل، تافِه дреболия maličkost bagatel; ubetydelighed die Kleinigkeit κτ. ασήμαντο και ευτελές friolera, bagatela, fruslería; pequeñez tühiasi چیز کم اهمیت؛ ناقابل pikkuasia bagatelle דָבָר פָּעוּט छोटी सी बात sitnica, malenkost (jelentéktelen) apróság barang sepele lítilræði bazzecola, nonnulla ささいなもの 시시한 것, 사소한 것 mažmožis nieks; sīkums sedikit kleinigheid bagatell, småting bagatela, błahostka fleac, nimic пустяк, мелочь maličkosť malenkost malenkost bagatell, struntsumma รายละเอียด değersiz/önemsiz şey 小事 дрібниця بے حقيقت đồ vặt 小事

2 (a dish of) a sweet pudding made of sponge-cake, fruit, cream etc I'm making a trifle for dessert. onderstebokoek كَعْكَه مصْنوعَه من الفاكِهَة والمُرَبّى والسُّكَّر المُذاب . вид сладкиш със сметана и плодове ovocný pohár se šlehačkou trifli der Biskuitauflauf πάστα φλόρα dulce de bizcocho borracho con fruta, nata, etc puuviljapuding, vahukoorekook نوعی کیک jälkiruokatorttu diplomate עוּגַת לִפתָן क्षुद्रधन राशि nabujak kb. somlói galuska puding triffli (zuppz inglese) トライフル (포도주 등에 적신 스펀지 케이크에 생크림을 바른 과자) 트라이플 (toks desertinis patiekalas) biskvītkūka ar krēmu, augļiem trifel trifle dessert deser biszkoptowo-owocowy (prăjitură) diplomat фруктовый бисквит со взбитыми сливками ovocný pohár so šľahačkou sadni kolač voćni kolač sa sladoledom trifle ขนมเค้กชนิดหนึ่ง trayfıl, jöleli ve kremalı bir tür tatlı 甜點心 бісквітний пудинг ايک قسم کا کھانا bánh xốp kem 甜点心

adj trifling

unimportant a trifling amount of money. onbelangrik تافِه، زَهيد незначителен bezvýznamný ubetydelig unbedeutend ασήμαντος insignificante, nimio, de poca monta tühine کم ارزش؛ ناچیز vähäpätöinen insignifiant לא חָשוּב हल्का, तुच्छ, नगण्य zanemariv, nevažan jelentéktelen sepele smávægilegur insignificante ささいな 중요하지 않은, 시시한 nereikšmingas niecīgs; sīks tdk penting onbelangrijk bagatellmessig błahy, znikomy insignifiant, neînsemnat незначительный bezvýznamný nepomemben zanemarljiv obetydlig, ringa ไร้สาระ önemsiz, değersiz 微不足道的 дріб'язковий, незначний غير اہم không quan trọng 微不足道的

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trifle → تَافِه maličkost bagatel Kleinigkeit ψιλοπράγμα bagatela, minucia pikkuseikka broutille sitnica zuppa inglese つまらないもの 시시한 것 kleinigheid bagatell drobnostka bagatela пустяк bagatell เรื่องเล็กๆน้อยๆ önemsiz şey đồ lặt vặt 琐事