adornment

English

Etymology

adorn +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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Noun

adornment (countable and uncountable, plural adornments)

1. A decoration; that which adorns.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:decoration

   The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.

2. The act of decorating.

Derived terms

• nonadornment
• overadornment
• unadornment

 

Translations

a decoration; that which adorns

• Armenian: զարդ (hy) (zard)
• Bulgarian: украса (bg) (ukrasa), украшение (bg) (ukrašenie), декорация (bg) (dekoracija)
• Danish: udsmykning c
• Egyptian: (ẖkr)
• Esperanto: ornamaĵo (eo)
• French: parure (fr) f
• Galician: adorno (gl) m, aderezo (gl) m, adobío m
• German: Verzierung (de) f
• Guaraní: jeguaka
• Hungarian: dekoráció (hu), dísz (hu), díszítés (hu)
• Irish: maise f, maisiúchán (ga) m
• Macedonian: украс m (ukras)
• Maori: tuhi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utsmykning m or f, utsmykking m or f

  Nynorsk: utsmykking f

• Ottoman Turkish: زینت (ziynet)
• Paicî: näwêê
• Polish: ozdoba (pl) f, adornacja f (obsolete)
• Portuguese: adorno (pt) m
• Spanish: adorno (es) m, decoración (es) f
• Ukrainian: прикра́са f (prykrása), оздо́ба (uk) f (ozdóba)

the act of decorating

• Bulgarian: украсяване (bg) (ukrasjavane), кичене (kičene)
• Danish: udsmykning c
• Irish: maisiú m, ornú m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utsmykning m or f, utsmykking m or f

  Nynorsk: utsmykking f

• Portuguese: adornamento m

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Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} dekoration (sv), ^{(please verify)} utsmyckning (sv)

Further reading

• “adornment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “adornment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.