Meaning of "ornament" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORNAMENT

From Latin ornāmentum, from ornāre to adorn.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ORNAMENT

ornament  [ˈɔːnəmənt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORNAMENT

Ornament is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ornament in English.

WHAT DOES ORNAMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ornament in the English dictionary

The first definition of ornament in the dictionary is anything that enhances the appearance of a person or thing. Other definition of ornament is decorations collectively. Ornament is also a small decorative object.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ORNAMENT

PRESENT

Present

I ornament

you ornament

he/she/it ornaments

we ornament

you ornament

they ornament

Present continuous

I am ornamenting

you are ornamenting

he/she/it is ornamenting

we are ornamenting

you are ornamenting

they are ornamenting

Present perfect

I have ornamented

you have ornamented

he/she/it has ornamented

we have ornamented

you have ornamented

they have ornamented

Present perfect continuous

I have been ornamenting

you have been ornamenting

he/she/it has been ornamenting

we have been ornamenting

you have been ornamenting

they have been ornamenting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ornamented

you ornamented

he/she/it ornamented

we ornamented

you ornamented

they ornamented

Past continuous

I was ornamenting

you were ornamenting

he/she/it was ornamenting

we were ornamenting

you were ornamenting

they were ornamenting

Past perfect

I had ornamented

you had ornamented

he/she/it had ornamented

we had ornamented

you had ornamented

they had ornamented

Past perfect continuous

I had been ornamenting

you had been ornamenting

he/she/it had been ornamenting

we had been ornamenting

you had been ornamenting

they had been ornamenting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ornament

you will ornament

he/she/it will ornament

we will ornament

you will ornament

they will ornament

Future continuous

I will be ornamenting

you will be ornamenting

he/she/it will be ornamenting

we will be ornamenting

you will be ornamenting

they will be ornamenting

Future perfect

I will have ornamented

you will have ornamented

he/she/it will have ornamented

we will have ornamented

you will have ornamented

they will have ornamented

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ornamenting

you will have been ornamenting

he/she/it will have been ornamenting

we will have been ornamenting

you will have been ornamenting

they will have been ornamenting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ornament

you would ornament

he/she/it would ornament

we would ornament

you would ornament

they would ornament

Conditional continuous

I would be ornamenting

you would be ornamenting

he/she/it would be ornamenting

we would be ornamenting

you would be ornamenting

they would be ornamenting

Conditional perfect

I would have ornament

you would have ornament

he/she/it would have ornament

we would have ornament

you would have ornament

they would have ornament

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ornamenting

you would have been ornamenting

he/she/it would have been ornamenting

we would have been ornamenting

you would have been ornamenting

they would have been ornamenting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ornament
we let´s ornament
you ornament

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ornament

Past participle

ornamented

Present Participle

ornamenting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ORNAMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ornament» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ornament

accessory · adorn · adornment · array · bauble · beautify · bedeck · bedizen · brighten · deck · decorate · decoration · do up · dress up · elaboration · embellish · embellishment · emblazon · embroidery · engarland · enhance · enrich · falderal · festoon · flounce · flower · frill · furbelow · garnish · gewgaw · gild · honour · jewel · knick-knack · leading light · ornamentation · prettify · pride · treasure · trim · trimming · trinket

TRANSLATION OF ORNAMENT

Find out the translation of ornament to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ornament from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ornament» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 装饰物
• Translator English - Spanish: adorno
• English: ornament
• Translator English - Hindi: आभूषण
• Translator English - Arabic: حِلْيَّةٌ
• Translator English - Russian: орнамент
• Translator English - Portuguese: enfeite
• Translator English - Bengali: অলঙ্কার
• Translator English - French: ornement
• Translator English - Malay: Perhiasan
• Translator English - German: Ornament
• Translator English - Japanese: 装飾品
• Translator English - Korean: 장식품
• Translator English - Javanese: Ornamen
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đồ trang trí
• Translator English - Tamil: ஆபரணம்
• Translator English - Marathi: अलंकार
• Translator English - Turkish: süs
• Translator English - Italian: decorazione
• Translator English - Polish: ozdoba
• Translator English - Ukrainian: прикраса
• Translator English - Romanian: ornament
• Translator English - Greek: διάκοσμος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ornament
• Translator English - Swedish: prydnadssak
• Translator English - Norwegian: utsmykking

10 QUOTES WITH «ORNAMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ornament.

1

Amos Bronson Alcott

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

2

Saint Ambrose

A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders, to preserve his purity; he ought not to despise humility, but should love forbearance and modesty. All these are an ornament to youthful years.

3

Aristotle

Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.

4

William Blackstone

The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.

5

Nicolas Cage

I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I had wrapped photography in Romania at two in the morning as the Ghost Rider. The invitation had a Christmas ornament on it with Ghost Rider's face on it as a tree.

6

Henry Anatole Grunwald

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

7

James Irwin

The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness of space. As we got farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.

8

Dan Jenkins

Tiger Woods was a month away from 34 years of age when his debutantes began turning up in the news. He was a grown man with a wife and two children. Well, we supposed he had a wife, but that was before we learned she was only an ornament.

9

Hoda Kotb

I'm a disorganized mess. My purse is gross: I once found a shoulder pad, string cheese, and a Christmas ornament in it!

10

T. E. Lawrence

All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORNAMENT»

Discover the use of ornament in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ornament and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Ornament: A Modern Perspective

Examines the history of ornament in Europe and western Asia, discusses its symbolism and function, and explores reasons for its decline.

James Trilling, 2003

A Manual of Historic Ornament

Hundreds of the author's line illustrations depict designs typical of many periods of style. Unabridged reprint of the 6th edition (1948) of A Manual of Historic Ornament, originally published in 1899 by B. T. Batsford, Ltd., London.

Richard Glazier, 1948

The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays

In this volume his finest writings on modern society make their long-awaited appearance in English. This book is a celebration of the masses--their tastes, amusements, and everyday lives.

Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin, 1995

The function of ornament

This book is a graphic guide to ornaments in the twentieth century. It unveils the function of ornament as the agent for specific affects, dismantling the idea that ornament is applied to buildings as a discrete or non-essential entity.

Farshid Moussavi, Michael Kubo, 2006

Handbook of Ornament

This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains over 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians.

Franz Sales Meyer, 2012

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians ...

A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance. of photos. 3 maps.

Maria Rosa Menocal, 2009

The Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the ...

This one-volume edition contains Thomas Cleary's definitive translation of all thirty-nine books of the sutra, along with an introduction, a glossary, and Cleary's translation of Li Tongxuan's seventh-century guide to the final book, the ...

Thomas Cleary, 1993

Ornament and crime: selected essays

His 1908 essay 'Ornament and Crime', mocked by an age in love with its accessories, has come to be recognised as a seminal work in combating the aesthetic imperialism of the turn of the century.

Adolf Loos, Adolf Opel, 1998

Projective Ornament

"Modern architecture, except on its engineering side, has not yet found itself." So stated Claude Bragdon in this 1915 book.

Claude Bragdon, 2005

The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture

A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism.

Kent C. Bloomer, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORNAMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ornament is used in the context of the following news items.

Sirens; Gunshots; Lawn Ornament Attack; Hit and Run

... • At 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, a possible drug deal on the back side of a parking lot was reported in the 700 block of Southwest Chehalis ... «The Chronicle, Jul 15»

Kitsch or Cool? The Upward Flight of the Pink Flamingo

While many are quick to label the plastic ornament as the epitome of kitsch, the flamingo has actually taken a rather tumultuous flight through ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»

State Views: Why I'm opposed to Wisconsin's new abortion law

Every Christmas, her ornament hangs highest on our family tree. We recognize her birthday. This was our daughter. Our decision. Our family. «Gazettextra, Jul 15»

Beauty: Sali Hughes' summer foot makeover

I'm more interested in use than ornament where this is concerned, so opt for the highly effective but fairly unsexy Deciem Heel Chemistry ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Kodiak artist uses marine debris for Capitol Christmas tree ornaments

Dillard was one of 10 artists from around Alaska whose ornament design was selected for the Capitol Christmas tree. This year the Last Frontier ... «KTVA.com - Alaska News and Weather, Jul 15»

St. Matthew's reopens historic church building

A one-pound plaster fleur de lis ornament broke off during a sermon and fell to the floor. The beams holding up the balcony were being gnawed ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»

Christmas in July

Every year the Chaska Historical Society introduces a new Christmas ornament at River City Days. This year, the society introduces the ... «SW News Media, Jul 15»

The art of ornamentation in your garden whether it be miniscule or …

... devoted a whole book to outdoor embellishment, describes gardens as having evolved from two essential elements: plants and ornament. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

Albemarle County Calling on Artists to Design Ornament

So the county is inviting local artists to participate in a juried competition to select an ornament reflecting the quality of life in and attributes of ... «The Charlottesville Newsplex, Jul 15»

Architectural Fragments from the Near East Give Us Glimpses of …

Titled “Pattern, Color, Light: Architectural Ornament in the Near East (500–1000),” the show features a selection of ornate column fragments, ... «Architectural Digest, Jul 15»