different between ornamental vs figurative
ornamental
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)
- Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.
- Synonyms: beautifying, embellishing, decorative
- (of a plant, fish, etc.) Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes.
Related terms
- ornamentation
- ornamentally
Translations
Noun
ornamental (plural ornamentals)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- ornamental
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
ornamento +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?namen?tal/, [o?.na.m?n??t?al]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
ornamental (plural ornamentales)
- ornamental
Related terms
- ornamentación
- ornamentar
Further reading
- “ornamental” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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figurative
English
Etymology
From Middle French figuratif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?????t?v/
Adjective
figurative (comparative more figurative, superlative most figurative)
- Of use as a metaphor, simile, or metonym, as opposed to literal; using figures; as when saying that someone who eats more than they should is a pig or like a pig.
- Metaphorically so called.
- With many figures of speech.
- Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (art) representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art.
- 1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy
- They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.
- 1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy
Usage notes
- Said of language, expression, etc.
Antonyms
- literal
Derived terms
Related terms
- figure
Translations
Further reading
- figurative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- figurative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “figurative”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- figurative art on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.?y.?a.tiv/
- Homophone: figuratives
Adjective
figurative
- feminine singular of figuratif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
figurative
- inflection of figurativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
figurative
- feminine plural of figurativo
Anagrams
- figuratevi
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
figurative
- definite singular/plural of figurativ
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
figurative
- definite singular/plural of figurativ
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