"ornamental" meaning in English

See ornamental in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɔːnəˈmɛntl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɔɹnəˈmɛntl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ornamental.wav Forms: more ornamental [comparative], most ornamental [superlative]
Etymology: From ornament + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ornament|-al}} ornament + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} 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 Translations (serving to ornament): декоративен (dekorativen) (Bulgarian), ornamental (Catalan), 裝飾性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 装饰性的 (zhuāngshìxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀賞性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏性的 (guānshǎngxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀賞的 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏的 (guānshǎng de) (Chinese Mandarin), ornamentální (Czech), ornamenteel (Dutch), koristeellinen (Finnish), ornemental (French), ornamentâl (Friulian), ornamental (Galician), Zier- (German), dekorativ (German), díszes (Hungarian), ékes (Hungarian), ornáideach (Irish), gréagáin (Irish), ornamentale (Italian), gefrætwod (Old English), glengful (Old English), ozdobny (Polish), ornamental (Portuguese), ornamental (Romanian), ornamental (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ornamental-en-adj-f786Ajgo Disambiguation of 'serving to ornament': 87 13
  2. (of a plant, fish, etc.) Bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes. Tags: usually Translations (bred for aesthetic or decorative purposes): декоративен (dekorativen) (Bulgarian), 裝飾性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 装饰性的 (zhuāngshìxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀賞性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏性的 (guānshǎngxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀賞的 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏的 (guānshǎng de) (Chinese Mandarin), koriste- (Finnish), koristeellinen (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ornamentation, ornamentally

Noun

IPA: /ˌɔːnəˈmɛntl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɔɹnəˈmɛntl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ornamental.wav Forms: ornamentals [plural]
Etymology: From ornament + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ornament|-al}} ornament + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} ornamental (plural ornamentals)
  1. An ornamental plant. Translations (plant serving to ornament): декорация (dekoracija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ornamental (Catalan), 觀賞植物 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏植物 (guānshǎng zhíwù) (Chinese Mandarin), okrasná rostlina [feminine] (Czech), sier- (Dutch), sierplant [feminine] (Dutch), koristeellinen (Finnish), ornemental [masculine] (French), ornementale [feminine] (French), ornamental (Galician), Zierpflanze [feminine] (German), διακοσμητικό (diakosmitikó) [masculine, neuter] (Greek), διακοσμητική (diakosmitikí) [feminine] (Greek), ornementala (Ido), ornamentale [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 装飾用 (Japanese), орнаментальная (ornamentalʹnaja) (Russian)
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