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English
Noun
adorno (plural adornos)
- A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.
1999, Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Jeffrey M. Mitchem, The West and Central Florida Expeditions of Clarence Bloomfield Moore, page 25:Willey (1949:324) suggested that this mound probably dates to late Weeden Island times, though the bird head rim adorno (Luer 1992a:54, Figure Id; Moore 1903:Figure 63) might indicate a Safety Harbor component.
Catalan
Verb
adorno
- first-person singular present indicative of adornar
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From Spanish adorno.
Noun
adórno
- adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornamentation
Verb
adórno
- to adorn, decorate, embellish, or ornament
Italian
Etymology 1
Unsuffixed past participle of adornare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdor.no/
- Rhymes: -orno
- Hyphenation: a‧dór‧no
Adjective
adorno (feminine adorna, masculine plural adorni, feminine plural adorne)
- adorned (with)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdor.no/
- Rhymes: -orno
- Hyphenation: a‧dór‧no
Verb
adorno
- first-person singular present indicative of adornare
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
adorno m (plural adorni)
- (Calabria) honey buzzard
- Synonym: pecchiaiolo
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, equip”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adōrnō (present infinitive adōrnāre, perfect active adōrnāvī, supine adōrnātum); first conjugation
- to get ready, furnish, equip, provide, fit out
- Synonyms: apparō, īnstruō, compōnō, suppleō, comparō, praebeō, accingō, exōrnō, ōrnō, suggerō, parō
- to decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish
- Synonyms: ōrnō, exōrnō, decorō, distinguō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “adorno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adorno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adorno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “adorno”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Deverbal from adornar.
Pronunciation
Noun
adorno m (plural adornos)
- adornment; decoration
- Synonyms: alfaia, decoração, enfeite, ornamentação, ornamento
A árvore de natal estava cheia de adornos.- The Christmas tree was full of decorations.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
adorno
- first-person singular present indicative of adornar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdoɾno/
- Rhymes: -oɾno
- Syllabification: a‧dor‧no
Etymology 1
Deverbal from adornar (“to adorn”).
Noun
adorno m (plural adornos)
- decoration, adornment, ornament
- Synonym: decoración
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
adorno
- first-person singular present indicative of adornar
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adorno (“adornment”).
Pronunciation
Noun
adorno (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)
- adornment; decoration
- Synonyms: palamuti, dekorasyon, gayak
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adorno”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 13