different between ornament vs ovolo

English

Etymology

From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum (“equipment, apparatus, furniture, trappings, adornment, embellishment”), from orn?re, present active infinitive of I equip, adorn. The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?)n?m?nt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /???n?m?nt/, enPR: ôr?n?-m?nt
• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?)n?m?nt/, /???(?)n??m?nt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /???n?m?nt/, /???n??m?nt/, enPR: ôr?n?-m?nt, ôr?n?-m?nt'

Noun

ornament (countable and uncountable, plural ornaments)

2. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
3. A Christmas tree decoration.
4. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
5. (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
6. (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

Derived terms

• ornamental

Related terms

• ornate
• ornamentation
• adorn
• suborn

Translations

Verb

ornament (third-person singular simple present ornaments, present participle ornamenting, simple past and past participle ornamented)

2. To decorate.

4. To add to.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (decorate): adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim

Translations

Further reading

• ornament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ornament in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ornamentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o?.n??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ur.n??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?.na?ment/

Noun

ornament m (plural ornaments)

1. ornament

Derived terms

• ornamental

Further reading

• “ornament” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ornament” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ornament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ornament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ornamentum

Noun

ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament or ornamenter, definite plural ornamenta or ornamentene)

1. an ornament

Derived terms

• ornamentikk

References

• “ornament” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ornament” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ornamentum

Noun

ornament n (definite singular ornamentet, indefinite plural ornament, definite plural ornamenta)

1. an ornament

Derived terms

• ornamentikk

References

• “ornament” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ?rn?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?na.m?nt/

Noun

ornament m inan

1. (architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment
2. (music) ornament

Declension

Further reading

• ornament in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ornament in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ornament, from Latin ornamentum.

Noun

ornament n (plural ornamente)

1. ornament

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ovulo

Etymology

From Italian ovolo, from Latin ?vum (“egg”). Doublet of ovule.

Noun

ovolo (plural ovolos)

1. (architecture) A classical convex moulding carved with an egg-and-dart ornament.
   • 2001, Adolfo J. Domínguez, Carmen Sánchez, Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (editor), Greek Pottery from the Iberian Peninsula: Archaic and Classical Periods, page 196,

     Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ovolos.

   • 2005, Robert Chitham, The Classical Orders Of Architecture, 2nd Edition, page 76,

     Each of the pairs is connected by a kind of web, and each pair stands clear of the ovolo and astragal mouldings which form a kind of extension to the column shaft and complete the essential construction of the capital. Ovolo and astragal are enriched with egg and dart and bead and reel respectively, the setting out related to a fluting pattern of twenty-four flutes to the column shaft circumference, as shown on the plan.

   • 2008, Roy Underhill, Eleanor Underhill, The Woodwright?s Guide: Working Wood With Wedge and Edge, page 112,

     Using a template or a good eye to guide the paring chisel, slice off the corners of the tenon ovolos at 45 degrees.

Synonyms

• echinus
• quarter-round

See also

• astragal
• egg and dart

Further reading

• ovolo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Alternative forms

• ovulo

Etymology

Diminutive of ovo, uovo (“egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vo.lo/
• Hyphenation: ò?vo?lo

Noun

ovolo m (plural ovoli)

1. (mycology) Caesar's mushroom (Amanita caesarea)

   Synonyms: cocco, ovolo buono

2. (botany) A rounded lump or protuberance at the base of a plant.
3. (architecture) ovolo
4. (rare) An object shaped like a small egg.

Derived terms

• ovolaccio
• ovolo bianco
• ovolo malefico

References

• ovolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana