different between ornamental vs sunstone

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

sun +? stone

Noun

sunstone (countable and uncountable, plural sunstones)

1. (mineralogy) A translucent form of feldspar having flakes of hematite, used as an ornamental stone.

Synonyms

• heliolite

Translations

See also

• aventurine, aventurin, avanturine
• moonstone

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Sunstone”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “sunstone”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• neustons