"bagatellize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/ Forms: bagatellizes [present, singular, third-person], bagatellizing [participle, present], bagatellized [participle, past], bagatellized [past]
Etymology: From bagatelle (“trifle; insubstantial thing”) + -ize. Compare German bagatellisieren. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bagatelle|-ize|t1=trifle; insubstantial thing}} bagatelle (“trifle; insubstantial thing”) + -ize, {{cog|de|bagatellisieren}} German bagatellisieren Head templates: {{en-verb}} bagatellize (third-person singular simple present bagatellizes, present participle bagatellizing, simple past and past participle bagatellized)
  1. (transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle. Tags: rare, transitive Synonyms: bagatellise Translations (regard as a bagatelle): bagatelliseren (Dutch), bagatellisoida (Finnish), bagatellisieren (German), bagatellizál (Hungarian), bagatelliseret (Northern Sami), lekceważyć [imperfective] (Polish), zlekceważyć [perfective] (Polish), bagatelizować [imperfective] (Polish), zbagatelizować [perfective] (Polish), bagatellisera (Swedish), bagatelizować [imperfective] (Upper Sorbian)
    Sense id: en-bagatellize-en-verb-do~3LnLb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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