decorate

English

Etymology

From Latin decoratus, past participle of decorare (“to adorn, distinguish, honor”), from decus (“ornament, grace, dignity, honor”), akin to decor (“elegance, grace, beauty, ornament”), from decet (“adorn, befit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɜkəɹeɪt/

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Verb

decorate (third-person singular simple present decorates, present participle decorating, simple past and past participle decorated)

1. (transitive) To furnish with decorations.
2. (transitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of a house, room, office and so forth.
3. (computing) (transitive) (In some programming languages) To extend a method, etc. by attaching some further code item.

   It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.

Derived terms

• decorative

Related terms

• decorator
• decoration

Translations

to furnish with decorations

• Armenian: զարդարել (hy) (zardarel)
• Bulgarian: украсявам (bg) (ukrasjavam), декорирам (bg) (dekoríram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 裝飾 (cmn), 装饰 (cmn) (zhuāngshì), 布置 (cmn) (bùzhì)

• Czech: zdobit (cs)
• Dutch: sieren (nl), opsmukken (nl), decoreren (nl)
• Esperanto: ornami (eo), dekori (eo)
• Finnish: somistaa (fi), koristella (fi), koristaa (fi)
• French: décorer (fr), orner (fr)
• German: ausschmücken (de), dekorieren (de)
• Greek: διακοσμώ (el) (diakosmó)
• Hebrew: עיטר (he) (itér), קישט (he) (kishét)
• Irish: maisigh (ga)

• Japanese: 飾る (ja) (かざる, kazaru), 装飾する (ja) (そうしょくする, sōshoku-suru)
• Latin: decoratus (la)
• Persian: آراستن (fa) (ârâstan), آرا کردن (fa) (ârâ kardan) زینت کردن (fa) (zinat kardan)
• Polish: dekorować (pl), zdobić (pl)
• Portuguese: decorar (pt)
• Romanian: decora (ro), orna (ro)
• Russian: украшать (ru) (ukrašát') impf., украсить (ru) (ukrásit') pf., декорировать (ru) (dekorírovat') impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich (gd)
• Spanish: decorar (es)
• Telugu: అలంకరించు (te) (alaMkariMchu)

to improve the appearance of a house, room, office and so forth

• Bulgarian: ремонтирам (bg) (remontiram), реновирам (bg) (renoviram)
• Czech: zdobit (cs)
• Finnish: somistaa (fi)
• French: décorer (fr)
• German: renovieren (to renovate), tapezieren (to paper), weißeln (to paint white)
• Hebrew: לעטר (he) (le`at'ér), לקשט (he) (leqashét')

• Japanese: 模様替えをする (ja) (moyōgae-o suru)
• Persian: آراستن (fa) (ârâstan)
• Portuguese: decorar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgeadaich (gd)
• Telugu: అలంకరించు (te) (alaMkariMchu)

Anagrams

• recoated

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Italian

Verb

decorate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of decorare.

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Latin

Verb

decorāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of decorō