noun
Meaning 1
An act of embellishing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
embellishment
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃmənt/
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B EH1 L IH0 SH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament, garniture, garnish, garnishment, ornamentation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of adding extraneous decorations to something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ornamentation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decoration
noun
Meaning 4
a superfluous ornament
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation
Narrower terms: boulle, boule, buhl, cuspidation, festoon, filigree, filagree, fillagree, vermiculation, flourish
noun
Meaning 5
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: embroidery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expansion, enlargement, elaboration
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English embellish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English embellishment From embellish + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: bər-bəzək — ornamental addition
- Azerbaijani: bəzək — ornamental addition
- Azerbaijani: bəzək-düzək — ornamental addition
- Catalan: embelliment — ornamental addition
- Czech: dekorace — ornamental addition
- Czech: výzdoba — ornamental addition
- German: Ausschmückung — ornamental addition
- German: Beschönigung — ornamental addition
- German: Fioritur — ornamental addition
- German: Gerank — ornamental addition
- German: Rankenwerk — ornamental addition
- German: Verschönerung — ornamental addition
- German: Verzierung — ornamental addition
- German: Zier — ornamental addition
- German: Zierrat — ornamental addition
- German: Zierrillen — ornamental addition
- German: schmückendes Beiwort — ornamental addition
- Māori: whakarākeitanga — ornamental addition
- Māori: kīnakinakitanga — ornamental addition
- Norwegian Bokmål: utbrodering — ornamental addition
- Norwegian Bokmål: forskjønnelse — ornamental addition
- Portuguese: embelezamento — ornamental addition
- Russian: украшение (ukrašenije) — ornamental addition
- Russian: декорация (dekoracija) — ornamental addition
- Sanskrit: भूषण (bhūṣaṇa) — ornamental addition
- Spanish: embellecimiento — ornamental addition
- Ottoman Turkish: بزك (bezek) — ornamental addition
- Ottoman Turkish: سوس (süs) — ornamental addition
- Ottoman Turkish: زینت (ziynet) — ornamental addition