different between ornamental vs espalier

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??spal??/, /?s?pæl.?.e?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??spæl.j?/, /??spæl.je?/
• ,

Noun

espalier (plural espaliers)

1. A latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 223:

     The garment stalls carried the traditional blue vine-dressers' outfits, sunhats, and the great willow pitchforks grown in espalier at villages like Sauve.

2. A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
3. A row of plants that have been shaped in this manner.

Verb

espalier (third-person singular simple present espaliers, present participle espaliering, simple past and past participle espaliered)

1. To train a plant in this manner.

See also

• arborsculpture
• bonsai
• topiary

Anagrams

• pearlies

French

Etymology

From Italian spalliera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s.pa.lje/

Noun

espalier m (plural espaliers)

1. (agriculture) espalier
2. (sports) wall bars

Anagrams

• épileras
• pèlerais

Further reading

• “espalier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).

Noun

espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier or espalierer, definite plural espaliera or espalierene)

1. (horticulture) espalier
2. A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).

• Danne espalier

References

• “espalier” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “espalier” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French espalier, from Italian spalliera, from spalla (“shoulder”).

Noun

espalier n (definite singular espalieret, indefinite plural espalier, definite plural espaliera)

1. (horticulture) espalier
2. A formation of people lined up in two columns facing each other (to secure a passageway).

• Danne espalier

References

• “espalier” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.