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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French ornement, from Old French ornement, inherited from Latin ornāmentum. By surface analysis, orner + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
ornement m (plural ornements)
- show
- ornament, embellishment
- (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)
- ornament (decorative item)
Descendants
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)
- 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)