different between ornament vs patera

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

Etymology

Latin patera

Noun

patera (plural paterae)

1. A broad, shallow dish used for drinking, primarily in ritual contexts such as libations.
2. in architecture, a circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes etc.

Latin

Etymology

From pate?.

Noun

patera f (genitive paterae); first declension

1. A broad, flat dish or saucer, used especially for libations

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• patella

Descendants

• ? English: patera

References

• patera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• patera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• patera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• patera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patera in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (patra).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pat?r?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /pat?ra/
• Rhymes: -?r?, -r?

Noun

patera (Jawi spelling ??????, plural patera-patera, informal 1st possessive pateraku, impolite 2nd possessive pateramu, 3rd possessive pateranya)

1. leaf (part of a plant)

Synonyms

• daun / ??????

Further reading

• “patera” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin patera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?t?.ra/

Noun

patera f

1. (historical) patera
2. stemmed plate (e.g. a cake stand)

Declension

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

patera f (plural pateras)

1. small boat or dinghy (especially one used by illegal immigration to cross the Mediterranean Sea)

Derived terms

• piso patera