adornment

English

Etymology

adorn +‎ -ment

Noun

adornment (plural adornments)

1. A decoration; that which adorns.

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

2. The act of decorating.

Translations

a decoration; that which adorns

• Armenian: զարդ (hy) (zard)
• Bulgarian: украса (bg) (ukrasa), украшение (bg) (ukrašenie), декорация (bg) (dekoracija)
• German: Verzierung (de) f
• Hungarian: dekoráció (hu), dísz (hu)
• Irish: cumhdach m, imchumhdach m, maise f, maisiúchán m, ornaíocht f
• Maori: tuhi

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utsmykning m, f, utsmykking m, f

  Nynorsk: utsmykking f

• Portuguese: adorno (pt) m
• Spanish: adorno (es) m, decoración (es) f

the act of decorating

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

  Bokmål: utsmykning m, f, utsmykking m, f

  Nynorsk: utsmykking f

• Portuguese: adornamento m

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