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carnation
(kɑːʳneɪʃən)
Word forms: plural carnations
countable noun
A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
carnation in British English
(kɑːˈneɪʃən)
noun
1. Also called: clove pink
a Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant, Dianthus caryophyllus, cultivated in many varieties for its white, pink, or red flowers, which have a fragrant scent of cloves
2.
the flower of this plant
3.
a.
a pink or reddish-pink colour
b.
(as adjective)
a carnation dress
4. (often plural)
a flesh tint in painting
Word origin
C16: from French: flesh colour, from Late Latin carnātiō fleshiness, from Latin carō fleshcarnation in American English
(kɑrˈneɪʃən)
noun
1.
a.
a popular garden and greenhouse plant (Dianthus caryophyllus) of the pink family, usually with white, pink, or red double flowers that smell like cloves
b.
the flower of this plant
2. [often pl.]
a flesh-colored tint formerly used in painting
3.
moderate to deep red
Word origin
MFr < L caro, flesh (see carnal), after OFr incarnation, incarnation; sense infl. by OIt carnagione, flesh-colored < carnaggioImage ofcarnation
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British English: carnation /kɑːˈneɪʃən/ NOUN
A carnation is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- American English: carnation
- Arabic: قَرَنْفُل
- Brazilian Portuguese: cravo
- Chinese: 康乃馨
- Croatian: karanfil
- Czech: karafiát
- Danish: nellike
- Dutch: anjer
- European Spanish: clavel
- Finnish: neilikka kukka
- French: œillet
- German: Nelke Blume
- Greek: γαρύφαλλο
- Italian: garofano
- Japanese: カーネーション
- Korean: 카네이션
- Norwegian: nellik
- Polish: goździk roślina
- European Portuguese: cravo
- Romanian: garoafă
- Russian: гвоздика
- Latin American Spanish: clavel
- Swedish: nejlika
- Thai: ดอกคาร์เนชั่น
- Turkish: karanfil çiçek
- Ukrainian: гвоздика
- Vietnamese: cây cẩm chướng
Chinese translation of 'carnation'
carnation
(kɑːˈneɪʃən)
n (c)
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康乃馨
(kāngnǎixīn) (朵, duǒ)