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noun
- 1. a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose, especially a small object such as a figurine.
verb
- 1. make (something) look more attractive by adding decorative items: "the men and women in the Stone Age ornamented their caves"
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Ornament definition: an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part. See examples of ORNAMENT used in a sentence.
Definition of ornament noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. archaic : a useful accessory. 2. a. : something that lends grace, beauty, or festivity. holiday ornaments. b. : a manner or quality that adorns. 3. : one whose virtues or graces add luster to a place or society. 4. : the act of adorning or being adorned. 5. : an embellishing note not belonging to the essential harmony or melody.
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Etymology
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
1. (noun) 1.1. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/ 1.2. (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt 2. (verb) 2.1. (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/ 2.2. (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt, ôrʹnə-mĕnt'
Noun
ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments) 1. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:decoration 1.1. 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co.,[…], →OCLC, page 51: 1.1.1. 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 he...
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ōrnāmentum.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central) [ur.nəˈmen] 2. IPA(key): (Balearic) [or.nəˈment] 3. IPA(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.naˈment]
Noun
ornament m (plural ornaments) 1. ornament
Etymology
From Latin ornamentum.
Noun
ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament or ornamenter, definite plural ornamenta or ornamentene) 1. an ornament
References
1. “ornament” in The Bokmål Dictionary. 2. “ornament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ōrnāmentum.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ɔrˈna.mɛnt/ 2. Rhymes: -amɛnt 3. Syllabification: or‧na‧ment
Noun
ornament m inan 1. (architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment 2. (music) ornament
Etymology
Borrowed from French ornament, from Latin ornamentum.
Noun
ornament n (plural ornamente) 1. ornament
Noun
ornament n 1. an ornament
References
1. ornament in Svensk ordbok (SO) 2. ornament in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) 3. ornament in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
ornament meaning, definition, what is ornament: a small object that you keep in your hou...: Learn more.
ORNAMENT definition: an attractive object that is used as a decoration in a home or garden. Learn more.
ornament meaning: an attractive object that is used as a decoration in a home or garden. Learn more.
