ornamental
Portuguese, adjective/oʁ.na.mẽˈtaw/
ornamental is spelled O-R-N-A-M-E-N-T-A-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,330th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornamental is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “ornamental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a ornamento”.
What does ornamental mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineornamental
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a ornamento: 2. que é usado como ornamento ou adorno:
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ornamental
- ornamentais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornamental?
- Brazil /oʁ.na.mẽˈtaw/
- Brazil [oɦ.na.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- /oɾ.na.mẽˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornamental
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornamental in Portuguese?
ornamental appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).