different between ornamental vs embellished

English

Etymology

ornament +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n??m?ntl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???n??m?ntl/

Adjective

ornamental (comparative more ornamental, superlative most ornamental)

1. Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.

   Synonyms: beautifying, embellishing, decorative
2. (of a plant, fish, etc.) Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.

Related terms

• ornamentation
• ornamentally

Translations

Noun

ornamental (plural ornamentals)

1. An ornamental plant.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

ornament +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o?.n?.m?n?tal/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ur.n?.m?n?tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o?.na.men?tal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ornamental (masculine and feminine plural ornamentals)

1. ornamental

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

ornamento +? -al

Adjective

ornamental m or f (plural ornamentais)

1. ornamental

Further reading

• “ornamental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

ornamento +? -al

Adjective

ornamental m or f (plural ornamentais, comparable)

1. ornamental

Further reading

• “ornamental” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French ornemental

Adjective

ornamental m or n (feminine singular ornamental?, masculine plural ornamentali, feminine and neuter plural ornamentale)

1. ornamental

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

ornamento +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?namen?tal/, [o?.na.m?n??t?al]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ornamental (plural ornamentales)

1. ornamental

Related terms

• ornamentación
• ornamentar

Further reading

• “ornamental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Verb

embellished

1. simple past tense and past participle of embellish

Adjective

embellished (comparative more embellished, superlative most embellished)

1. Having been made more attractive, compelling or interesting.