ornament
decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object
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Summary
ornament ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,621 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: decoration[2], design[3], artificial physical object[4], work[5]
- Commons category: Ornaments[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ornaments[7]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
- Partially coincident with: decoration[15]
- Native label: ornamentum[16]
- Has list: list of ornaments[17]
Why It Matters
ornament has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] ornament is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]