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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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grandiloquent
English
Etymology
From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loqu?ns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /??æn?d?l.?.kw?nt/
Adjective
grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)
- (of a person, their language or writing) given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
Synonyms
- (overly wordy or elaborate): See Thesaurus:verbose
Related terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????.di.l?.k??/
Adjective
grandiloquent (feminine singular grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes)
- grandiloquent
Further reading
- “grandiloquent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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