ornamental

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːnəˈmɛntl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɹnəˈmɛntl/

Adjective

ornamental (comparative more ornamental, superlative most ornamental)

Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful
Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

Synonyms: beautifying, embellishing, decorative
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, London: A[ndrew] Millar, OCLC 928184292, book IV:
  
  We shall leave to the reader to determine with what judgment we have chosen the several occasions for inserting those ornamental parts of our work.

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Translations

serving to ornament

Catalan: ornamental (ca)
Finnish: koristeellinen
Galician: ornamental (gl) m, f
German: Zier-, dekorativ (de)

Irish: ornáideach, gréagáin
Old English: gefrætwod, glengful
Romanian: ornamental (ro) m, n
Spanish: ornamental (es)

Noun

ornamental (plural ornamentals)

An ornamental plant.

Translations

plant serving to ornament

Catalan: ornamental (ca)
Chinese: 裝飾, 装饰
Czech: okrasná rostlina f
Dutch: sier-
Finnish: koristeellinen
French: ornemental (fr) m, ornementale (fr) f
Galician: ornamental (gl)

German: Zierpflanze (de) f
Greek: διακοσμητικό m/n, διακοσμητική f
Ido: ornementala
Italian: ornamentale (it) m, f
Japanese: 装飾用
Russian: орнаментальная (ornamentalʹnaja)

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /oɾ.nə.mənˈtal/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ur.nə.mənˈtal/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /oɾ.na.menˈtal/

Adjective

ornamental (masculine and feminine plural ornamentals)

ornamental

Spanish

Adjective

ornamental (plural ornamentales)

ornamental

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