different between ornament vs valance
ornament
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)
- An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.
- A Christmas tree decoration.
- (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
- (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
- (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)
- To decorate.
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- (architecture, art, typography) ornament, adornment
- (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)
- ornament
Declension
ornament From the web:
- what ornamental grasses grow in the shade
- what ornamental grasses are perennials
- what ornamental grasses are deer resistant
- what ornamental grasses grow in wet soil
- what ornamental grasses are safe for dogs
- what ornamental grass
- what ornamental grasses grow in zone 4
- what ornamental grasses are not invasive
valance
English
Alternative forms
- valaunce (obsolete)
- valence
- vallance (obsolete)
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Probably from Anglo-Norman valaunce, valence, from valer (“go down, let down”), aphetic form of Old French avaler (“to descend, go down”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?væl?ns/
- Rhymes: -æl?ns
Noun
valance (plural valances)
- A short curtain that usually hangs along the top edge of a window.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- Even the mantelpiece is adorned with a totally unfunctional tasselled valance rather like an altar frontal.
- 1969, David G. Irwin, The Visual Arts, Taste and Criticism (page 27)
- A decorative framework used to conceal the curtain mechanism and so on at the top of a window.
- (bedding) A short, decorative edging of cloth that hangs from beneath the mattress to the floor used to conceal the boxspring or space under the bed and prevent dust from accumulating there.
- The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk, which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Synonyms
- (bedding): dust ruffle, bedskirt, bed ruffle
Derived terms
- valanced
Translations
valance From the web:
- what valances are in style
- valence electrons
- what's valance sheet
- what's valance panel
- valence mean
- what's valance lighting
- valence band
- what does valence mean
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