adorner

English

Etymology

adorn + -er

Noun

adorner (plural adorners)

  1. One who places adornments; one who adorns.

Translations

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Circa 1331 adourner, circa 1370 adorner. Borrowed from Latin adōrnō and from Latin adōrdinō[1]. Replaced Old French, Middle French aorner, a borrowing from the same sources.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dɔʁ.ne/

Verb

adorner

  1. (literary or dated) to adorn; to decorate

Conjugation

References

  1. von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “adordinare; adornare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 240, page 178

Further reading


Latin

Verb

adōrner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adōrnō
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