• (RP) IPA: /ˌɔːnəˈmɛntl/
• (America) IPA: /ˌɔɹnəˈmɛntl/

ornamental

1. Serving as an ornament; having no purpose other than to make more beautiful.

   Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.

   Synonyms: beautifying, embellishing, decorative

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume (please specify ), London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book IV:

• ornamentation
• ornamentally

• German: Zier-, dekorativ
• Italian: ornamentale
• Portuguese: ornamental
• Spanish: ornamental

ornamental (plural ornamentals)

1. An ornamental plant.

• French: ornemental, ornementale
• German: Zierpflanze
• Italian: ornamentale
• Russian: орнаментальная