ornement

See also: ornément

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French ornement, from Old French ornement, inherited from Latin ornāmentum. By surface analysis, orner + -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔʁ.nə.mɑ̃/
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Noun

ornement m (plural ornements)

  1. show
  2. ornament, embellishment
  3. (figuratively) jewel
    • 1857, Chalres Baudelaire, Je t'adore from Les Fleurs du mal
      Je t’adore à l’égal de la voûte nocturne,
      Ô vase de tristesse, ô grande taciturne,
      Et t’aime d’autant plus, belle, que tu me fuis,
      Et que tu me parais, ornement de mes nuits,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum.

Noun

ornement m (plural ornements)

  1. ornament (decorative item)

Descendants

  • French: ornement

References

  • ornement on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Etymology

From Latin ornamentum.

Noun

ornement oblique singular, m (oblique plural ornemenz or ornementz, nominative singular ornemenz or ornementz, nominative plural ornement)

  1. ornament (decorative item)

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ornement, supplement)
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