English Explanatory Dictionary

carnation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
  2. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus
  3. other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids
  4. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
  5. A rosy pink colour
  6. The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
  7. A scarlet colour.
adj
  1. Of a rosy pink or red colour.
  2. Of a human flesh color.

Pronunciation

/kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ /kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/ en-us-carnation.ogg

Word forms

carnation carnations

Etymology

From Middle French carnation (“flesh color, complexion”), either via Italian carnagione (“flesh color”) or directly from Late Latin carnātiō (“fleshiness”), from Latin carō (“flesh, meat”) + ātiō (“-ation”). As a flower and its color, possibly instead from corruption in French of coronation (“crowning, crowned thing”) under the influence of carnation, from the flower's supposed resemblance to a crown. By surface analysis, Latin carn- + -ate + -ion.

Synonyms

clove pink cottage pink Dianthus plumarius Dianthus caryophyllus

Related words

carnal carnassial carnify carnival carnivore carnosity incarnadine incarnate gypsophila

Derived words

carnationed carnation-grass carnationist sea carnation

Translations

Albanian: karafil Arabic: قَرَنْفُل Arabic: قُرُنْفُل Arabic: قرنفل Armenian: մեխակ Armenian: ղարանֆիլ Basque: krabelin Bulgarian: карамфил Catalan: clavell Catalan: clavellina Chinese: 剪絨花 /剪绒花 Chinese Mandarin: 康乃馨 Czech: karafiát Czech: hvozdík Danish: nellike Dutch: anjer Dutch: anjelier Dutch: genoffel Esperanto: dianto Faroese: nelikur Finnish: tarhaneilikka Finnish: neilikka French: œillet Galician: caraveleira Galician: caravel German: Gartennelke German: Nelke German: Nägeli Greek: γαρυφαλλιά Greek: γαρύφαλλο Italian: garofano Kazakh: қалампыр Korean: 카네이션 Lithuanian: gvazdikas Macedonian: каранфил Maltese: qronfol Norwegian Bokmål: nellik Norwegian Nynorsk: nellik Polish: goździk Portuguese: cravo Romanian: garoafă Russian: гвозди́ка Serbo-Croatian: каранфил Serbo-Croatian: karanfil Spanish: clavel Tagalog: klabel Turkish: karanfil Ottoman Turkish: قرنفل Ukrainian: гвоздика Vietnamese: cẩm chướng Volapük: kariof Volapük: diant Volapük: plümadiant Volapük: kariofaflor Yiddish: נעגעלע Yiddish: גוואָזדיקע Afrikaans: angelier
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