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ornament

See also: Ornament

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from ornāre, present active infinitive of ornō (“I equip, adorn”). The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

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  • (noun)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt
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  • (verb)
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt, ôrʹnə-mĕnt'

Noun

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ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments)

  2. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:decoration
    • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 51:
      Dust are our frames; and, gilded dust, our pride / Looks only for a moment whole and sound; / Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments, / Which at a touch of light, an air of heaven, / Slipt into ashes and was found no more.
    • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
      I'm a bit short on brain myself; the old bean would appear to have been constructed more for ornament than for use.
    • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:
      Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
  3. A Christmas tree decoration.
  4. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
  5. (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
  6. (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

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Verb

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ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented)

  2. To decorate.
    We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.
  4. To add to.
    The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.
    • 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC‎[2]:
      Not a scene goes by that hasn't been ornamented with a split screen, a freeze frame, a caption, a voice-over, a switch between monochrome and colour, or a change of the aspect radio[sic].

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ōrnāmentum.

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Noun

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ornament m (plural ornaments)

  1. ornament

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin ornamentum.

Noun

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ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament or ornamenter, definite plural ornamenta or ornamentene)

  1. an ornament

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin ornamentum.

Noun

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ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament, definite plural ornamenta)

  1. an ornament

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnāmentum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔrˈna.mɛnt/
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  • Rhymes: -amɛnt
  • Syllabification: or‧na‧ment

Noun

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ornament m inan

  1. (architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment
  2. (music) ornament

Declension

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Declension of ornament
singular plural
nominative ornament ornamenty
genitive ornamentu ornamentów
dative ornamentowi ornamentom
accusative ornament ornamenty
instrumental ornamentem ornamentami
locative ornamencie ornamentach
vocative ornamencie ornamenty

Descendants

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  • → Ukrainian: орна́мент (ornáment)

Further reading

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  • ornament in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ornament in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French ornament, from Latin ornamentum.

Noun

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ornament n (plural ornamente)

  1. ornament

Declension

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Declension of ornament
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ornament ornamentul (niște) ornamente ornamentele
genitive/dative (unui) ornament ornamentului (unor) ornamente ornamentelor
vocative ornamentule ornamentelor

Swedish

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Noun

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ornament n

  1. an ornament

Declension

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Declension of ornament 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ornament ornamentet ornament ornamenten
Genitive ornaments ornamentets ornaments ornamentens
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