adornment

English

Etymology

From adorn +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

adornment (countable and uncountable, plural adornments)

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.
The act of decorating.

Derived terms

Translations

a decoration; that which adorns

Armenian: զարդ (hy) (zard)
Bulgarian: украса (bg) (ukrasa), украшение (bg) (ukrašenie), декорация (bg) (dekoracija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 裝飾物 / 装饰物 (zh) (zhuāngshì wù)
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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Swedish: ^{(please verify)} dekoration (sv), ^{(please verify)} utsmyckning (sv)