English Explanatory Dictionary

ornament

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
  2. Christmas ornament: a Christmas tree decoration.
  3. A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
  4. The articles used in church services.
  5. A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)
verb
  1. To decorate.
  2. To add to.

Pronunciation

/ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/ /ˈɔɹnəmənt/ /ˈɔɹdəmənt/ en-us-ornament.ogg /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/ /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/ ôrʹnə-mənt ôrʹnə-mĕnt'

Word forms

ornament ornaments ornamenting ornamented

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.

Synonyms

adornment decoration embellishment ornament garniture garnish garnishment ornamentation adorn bedeck decorate embellish trim

Related words

ornate ornamentation adorn suborn

Derived words

block ornament hood ornament neither use nor ornament ornamental ornamental hermit ornamentary ornamentist ornamentless tooth ornament ornamentor overornament reornament

Translations

Albanian: zbukurim Arabic: حِلْيَة Armenian: զարդ Assamese: গহনা Azerbaijani: naxış Azerbaijani: bəzək Bashkir: биҙәк Bulgarian: орнамент Catalan: ornament Chinese Mandarin: 裝飾品 /装饰品 Chinese Mandarin: 裝飾 /装饰 Czech: ornament Czech: ozdoba Esperanto: ornamaĵo Finnish: koriste Finnish: koriste-esine Finnish: ornamentti French: ornement Galician: ornamento German: Verzierung Greek: διακόσμηση Hebrew: נוֹי Hebrew: עֲדִי Hindi: आभूषण Hindi: अलंकार Hindi: जेवर Hungarian: dísz Hungarian: díszítés Ingrian: koristus Irish: ornáid Italian: ornamento Japanese: 装飾 Korean: 장신구 Latin: ornāmentum Macedonian: у́крас Malayalam: ആഭരണം Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം Occitan: ornament Odia: ଅଳଙ୍କାର Paicî: näwêê Pashto: ګاڼه Pashto: کالي Persian: آذین Polish: ornament Portuguese: ornamento Portuguese: ornato Portuguese: enfeite Romanian: ornament Russian: орна́мент Russian: украше́ние Sanskrit: भूषण Spanish: ornamento Telugu: ఆభరణము Telugu: భూషణము Tocharian B: tsaiññe
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