ornament

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre (“to equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (noun) (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹdəmənt/ (verb) (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt, ôrʹnə-mĕnt' === Noun === ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments) An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:decoration (by extension) Christmas ornament: a Christmas tree decoration. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line. (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services. (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ornate ornamentation adorn suborn ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented) To decorate. To add to. ==== Synonyms ==== (decorate): adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ornament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ornament”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ōrnāmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ur.nəˈme̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [or.nəˈment] IPA(key): (Central) [ur.nəˈmen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.naˈment] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [or.naˈmen] === Noun === ornament m (plural ornaments) ornament ==== Derived terms ==== ornamental === Further reading === “ornament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ornament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ornament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ornament”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin ornamentum. === Noun === ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament or ornamenter, definite plural ornamenta or ornamentene) an ornament ==== Derived terms ==== ornamentikk === References === “ornament” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “ornament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin ornamentum. === Noun === ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament, definite plural ornamenta) an ornament ==== Derived terms ==== ornamentikk === References === “ornament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnāmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔrˈna.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -amɛnt Syllabification: or‧na‧ment === Noun === ornament m inan (architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment (music) ornament ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Ukrainian: орна́мент (ornáment) === Further reading === “ornament”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “ornament”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ornament, from Latin ornamentum. By surface analysis, orna +‎ -ment. === Noun === ornament n (plural ornamente) ornament ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === ornament n an ornament ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== ornamental ornamentera ornamentik === References === “ornament”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “ornament”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “ornament”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)