trifle

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• /ˈtɹaɪfəl/
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From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle (“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe (“deception”), of uncertain origin.

177 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: koekstruif — dessert
• Chinese Mandarin: 乳脂松糕 (rǔzhī sōnggāo) — dessert
• Czech: piškotový moučník — dessert
• Dutch: puddingtaart — dessert
• Finnish: trifle — dessert
• French: bagatelle — dessert
• German: Trifle — dessert
• Irish: traidhfil — dessert
• Italian: zuppa inglese — dessert
• Japanese: トライフル (toraifuru) — dessert
• Korean: 트라이플 (teuraipeul) — dessert
• Māori: taraiwhara — dessert
• Portuguese: trifle — dessert
• Russian: бискви́т (biskvít) — dessert
• Serbo-Croatian: бѝсквӣт — dessert
• Serbo-Croatian: bìskvīt — dessert
• Spanish: sopa inglesa — dessert
• Swedish: trifle — dessert
• Thai: ทรัยเฟิล (thrạyfeil) — dessert
• Vietnamese: trifle — dessert
• Welsh: treiffl — dessert
• Welsh: melysgybolfa — dessert
• Afrikaans: kleinigheid — insignificant amount
• Bulgarian: дреболия (drebolija) — insignificant amount
• Catalan: fotesa — insignificant amount
• Czech: trocha — insignificant amount
• Czech: kapánek — insignificant amount
• Czech: špetka — insignificant amount
• Dutch: onbelangrijke hoeveelheid — insignificant amount
• Dutch: aalmoes — insignificant amount
• Dutch: een beetje — insignificant amount
• Estonian: natuke — insignificant amount
• Estonian: vähe — insignificant amount
• Estonian: pisut — insignificant amount
• Estonian: veidi — insignificant amount
• Finnish: hitunen — insignificant amount
• Finnish: hiukkanen — insignificant amount
• Finnish: rahtunen — insignificant amount
• Finnish: ripaus — insignificant amount
• Finnish: hippunen — insignificant amount
• French: broutille — insignificant amount
• French: vétille — insignificant amount
• Galician: miga — insignificant amount
• German: Kleinigkeit — insignificant amount
• German: ein bisschen — insignificant amount
• German: ein wenig — insignificant amount
• Irish: traidhfil — insignificant amount
• Italian: un tantino — insignificant amount
• Italian: un po' — insignificant amount
• Italian: bagattella — insignificant amount
• Italian: briciola — insignificant amount
• Māori: kanehe — insignificant amount
• Portuguese: ninharia — insignificant amount
• Russian: небольшо́е коли́чество (nebolʹšóje kolíčestvo) — insignificant amount
• Russian: небольша́я су́мма (nebolʹšája súmma) — insignificant amount
• Russian: копе́йки (kopéjki) — insignificant amount
• Serbo-Croatian: ситнѝца — insignificant amount
• Serbo-Croatian: sitnìca — insignificant amount
• Spanish: pizca — insignificant amount
• Swedish: hårsmån — insignificant amount
• Swedish: struntsumma — insignificant amount
• Ottoman Turkish: پارچه (parça) — insignificant amount
• Ottoman Turkish: آوج (avuc) — insignificant amount
• Afrikaans: kleinigheid — thing of little importance or worth
• Bashkir: ваҡ-төйәк (vaq-töyək) — thing of little importance or worth
• Bulgarian: дреболия (drebolija) — thing of little importance or worth
• Catalan: fotesa — thing of little importance or worth
• Catalan: galindaina — thing of little importance or worth
• Czech: maličkost — thing of little importance or worth
• Czech: drobnost — thing of little importance or worth
• Czech: hloupost — thing of little importance or worth
• Danish: småting — thing of little importance or worth
• Danish: bagatel — thing of little importance or worth
• Dutch: bagatel — thing of little importance or worth
• Dutch: zever — thing of little importance or worth
• Esperanto: bagatelo — thing of little importance or worth
• Finnish: pikkuasia — thing of little importance or worth
• Finnish: pikkujuttu — thing of little importance or worth
• French: babiole — thing of little importance or worth
• French: bricole — thing of little importance or worth
• French: broutille — thing of little importance or worth
• Galician: bagatela — thing of little importance or worth
• Galician: insignificancia — thing of little importance or worth
• Galician: balda — thing of little importance or worth
• Galician: parvada — thing of little importance or worth
• German: Kleinigkeit — thing of little importance or worth
• Irish: réadán — thing of little importance or worth
• Italian: cosa da poco — thing of little importance or worth
• Italian: inezia — thing of little importance or worth
• Italian: bagattella — thing of little importance or worth
• Latin: gerrae — thing of little importance or worth
• Latin: naucum — thing of little importance or worth
• Latin: tittibilīcium — thing of little importance or worth
• Latin: apinae — thing of little importance or worth
• Latin: nugae — thing of little importance or worth
• Luxembourgish: Klengegkeet — thing of little importance or worth
• Macedonian: дребулија (drebulija) — thing of little importance or worth
• Māori: takunga — thing of little importance or worth
• Māori: takutakunga — thing of little importance or worth
• Māori: kanehe — thing of little importance or worth
• Māori: kāmuimui — thing of little importance or worth
• Norwegian Bokmål: småting — thing of little importance or worth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: småting — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: fraszka — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: drobiazg — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: błahostka — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: bzdet — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: bagatela — thing of little importance or worth
• Polish: betka — thing of little importance or worth
• Portuguese: ninharia — thing of little importance or worth
• Portuguese: bugiganga — thing of little importance or worth
• Romanian: mărunțiș — thing of little importance or worth
• Russian: безделу́шка (bezdelúška) — thing of little importance or worth
• Russian: безде́лица (bezdélica) — thing of little importance or worth
• Russian: пустя́к (pustják) — thing of little importance or worth
• Russian: ме́лочь (méločʹ) — thing of little importance or worth
• Serbo-Croatian: трича̀рија — thing of little importance or worth
• Serbo-Croatian: tričàrija — thing of little importance or worth
• Slovak: maličkosť — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: nadería — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: nimiedad — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: zarandaja — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: friolera — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: menudencia — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: quisquilla — thing of little importance or worth
• Spanish: pequeñez — thing of little importance or worth
• Swedish: bagatell — thing of little importance or worth
• Swedish: småsak — thing of little importance or worth
• Swedish: struntsak — thing of little importance or worth
• Italian: peltro — kind of pewter
• Czech: zahrávat si — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Danish: lege med — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Dutch: lichtvaardig handelen — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Finnish: väheksyä — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• French: déconner — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• French: niaiser — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• French: jouer — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• German: leichtfertig umgehen — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• German: nachlässig umgehen — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Haitian Creole: betize — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Russian: игра́ть (igrátʹ) — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Russian: шути́ть (šutítʹ) — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Russian: не принима́ть всерьёз (ne prinimátʹ vserʹjóz) — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Spanish: tratar a la ligera — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Swedish: leka med — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Swedish: ringakta — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Turkish: umursamamak — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Urdu: ناچیزشے (Nachíz she) — To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth
• Czech: žertovat — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Dutch: grappen — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Dutch: grollen — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Finnish: pilailla — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Finnish: vitsailla — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Russian: прика́лываться (prikályvatʹsja) — To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest
• Bulgarian: играя си (igraja si) — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Cornish: trufla — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Czech: zahrávat si — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Czech: pohrávat si — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Dutch: tollen — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Finnish: leikkiä — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Finnish: leikitellä — To inconsequentially toy with something
• German: herumspielen — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Russian: тереби́ть (terebítʹ) — To inconsequentially toy with something
• Bulgarian: прахосвам (prahosvam) — To squander or waste
• Bulgarian: пропилявам (propiljavam) — To squander or waste
• Danish: sløse væk — To squander or waste
• Dutch: verspillen — To squander or waste
• German: vergeuden — To squander or waste
• German: verschwenden — To squander or waste
• Russian: тра́тить (trátitʹ) — To squander or waste
• Russian: растра́чивать (rastráčivatʹ) — To squander or waste
• Russian: расточа́ть (rastočátʹ) — To squander or waste
• Russian: разбаза́ривать (razbazárivatʹ) — To squander or waste
• Serbo-Croatian: tratiti — To squander or waste
• Serbo-Croatian: тратити — To squander or waste
• Swedish: förslösa — To squander or waste
• Swedish: slösa bort — To squander or waste