From Middle English ornament, from Old French ornement, from Latin ornamentum, from ornāre, present active infinitive of ornō ("I equip, adorn").

• • (British) IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəmənt/, /ˈɔː(ɹ)nəˌmɛnt/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, /ˈɔɹnəˌmɛnt/, enPR: ôrʹnə-mənt, ôrʹnə-mĕnt'

ornament

1. An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:decoration

   • 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC ↗, page 51 ↗:

     Dust are our frames; and, gilded dust, our pride / Looks only for a moment whole and sound; / Like that long-buried body of the king / Found lying with his urns and ornaments, / Which at a touch of light, an air of heaven, / Slipt into ashes and was found no more.

2. A Christmas tree decoration.
3. (music) A musical flourish that is unnecessary to the overall melodic or harmonic line, but serves to decorate that line.
4. (Christianity, in the plural) The articles used in church services.
5. (biology) A characteristic that has a decorative function (typically in order to attract a mate)

• ornate
• ornamentation
• adorn
• suborn

• French: ornement
• German: Verzierung
• Italian: ornamento
• Portuguese: ornamento, ornato, enfeite
• Russian: орна́мент
• Spanish: ornamento

• Russian: украше́ние

• French: ornement musical
• German: musikalische Verzierung
• Italian: ornamenti
• Portuguese: ornamento
• Russian: музыкальный орнамент
• Spanish: ornamento musical

ornament (ornaments, present participle ornamenting; simple past and past participle ornamented)

1. To decorate.

   We will ornament the windows with trim to make the room seem brighter.

2. To add to.

   The editor ornamented his plain writing, making it fancier but less clear.

• (decorate) adorn, bedeck, decorate, embellish, trim

• Portuguese: ornamentar, ornar, decorar
• Russian: украшать

• Russian: приукрасить