bauble

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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbɔːbəɫ]
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• [ˈbɒbəɫ] Scots
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• General-American: /ˈbɔbəl/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈbɑbəl/
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• rhymes with -ɔːbəl
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• homophone: bobble (cot–caught merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: B AO1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: дрънкулка (drǎnkulka) — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Czech: cetka — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Czech: tretka — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Dutch: prulletjesnuisterij — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Finnish: rihkamakoru — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Finnish: hely — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• French: babiole — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• German: Modeschmuck — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• German: Schnickschnack — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Greek: μπιχλιμπίδι (bichlimpídi) — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Ancient Greek: λῆρος (lêros) — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Italian: chincaglieria — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Italian: cianfrusaglia — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Norwegian: juggel — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Polish: błyskotka — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Russian: безделу́шка (bezdelúška) — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Russian: побряку́шка (pobrjakúška) — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Serbo-Croatian: drangulija — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Serbo-Croatian: đinđuva — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Spanish: baratija — cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery
• Bulgarian: топка (topka) — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Czech: vánoční koule — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Czech: vánoční baňka — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Dutch: kerstbal — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Esperanto: kristnaska globo — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Finnish: joulupallo — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• French: boule de Noël — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• German: Christbaumkugel — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Hungarian: gömbdísz — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Polish: bombka — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Polish: bańka — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Portuguese: bola de natal — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Russian: ёлочный шар (jóločnyj šar) — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Spanish: bola de navidad — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Swedish: julgranskula — small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees
• Danish: narrebriks — club or sceptre carried by a jester
• Finnish: narrinsauva — club or sceptre carried by a jester
• Irish: slaitín — club or sceptre carried by a jester
• Russian: шутовской жезл (šutovskoj žezl) — club or sceptre carried by a jester