carnation
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
botany
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
natural-sciences
nobility
politics
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.
Inflected forms:
form: carnations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A rosy pink colour
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And the women of New Bedford, they bloom like their own red roses. But roses only bloom in summer; whereas the fine carnation of their cheeks is perennial as sunlight in the seventh heavens.
gloss: The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
especially
uncountable
gloss: A scarlet colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Of a rosy pink or red colour.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Of a human flesh color.
pos: adj
tags: archaic
not-comparable
Related words: carnal
carnassial
carnify
carnival
carnivore
carnosity
incarnadine
incarnate
gypsophila
Derived words: carnationed
carnation-grass
carnationist
sea carnation
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: karafil
lang: Arabic
word: قَرَنْفُل
roman: qaranful
lang: Arabic
word: قُرُنْفُل
roman: gurunful
lang: Arabic
word: قرنفل
roman: qrunful, qranful
lang: Armenian
word: մեխակ
roman: mexak
lang: Armenian
word: ղարանֆիլ
roman: ġaranfil
lang: Basque
word: krabelin
lang: Bulgarian
word: карамфил
roman: karamfil
lang: Catalan
word: clavell
lang: Catalan
word: clavellina
lang: Chinese
word: 剪絨花 /剪绒花
roman: chián-jiông-hoe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 康乃馨
roman: kāngnǎixīn
lang: Czech
word: karafiát
lang: Czech
word: hvozdík
lang: Danish
word: nellike
lang: Dutch
word: anjer
lang: Dutch
word: anjelier
lang: Dutch
word: genoffel
lang: Esperanto
word: dianto
lang: Faroese
word: nelikur
lang: Finnish
word: tarhaneilikka
lang: French
word: œillet
lang: Galician
word: caraveleira
lang: Galician
word: caravel
lang: German
word: Gartennelke
lang: German
word: Nelke
lang: Greek
word: γαρυφαλλιά
roman: garyfalliá
lang: Italian
word: garofano
lang: Kazakh
word: қалампыр
roman: qalampyr
lang: Korean
word: 카네이션
roman: kaneisyeon
lang: Lithuanian
word: gvazdikas
lang: Macedonian
word: каранфил
roman: karanfil
lang: Maltese
word: qronfol
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nellik
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nellik
lang: Polish
word: goździk
lang: Portuguese
word: cravo
lang: Romanian
word: garoafă
lang: Russian
word: гвозди́ка
roman: gvozdíka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: каранфил
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: karanfil
lang: Spanish
word: clavel
lang: Tagalog
word: klabel
lang: Turkish
word: karanfil
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قرنفل
roman: karanfil
lang: Ukrainian
word: гвоздика
roman: hvozdyka
lang: Vietnamese
word: cẩm chướng
lang: Volapük
word: kariof
lang: Volapük
word: diant
lang: Volapük
word: plümadiant
lang: Yiddish
word: נעגעלע
roman: negele
lang: Yiddish
word: גוואָזדיקע
roman: gvozdike
lang: Afrikaans
word: angelier
lang: Arabic
word: قَرَنْفُل
roman: qaranful
lang: Arabic
word: قُرُنْفُل
roman: gurunful
lang: Armenian
word: մեխակ
roman: mexak
lang: Bulgarian
word: карамфил
roman: karamfil
lang: Burmese
word: ဇော်မွှား
roman: jauhmwa:
lang: Catalan
word: clavell
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 康乃馨
roman: hong¹ naai⁵ hing¹
lang: Chinese
word: 剪絨花 /剪绒花
roman: chián-jiông-hoe
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 康乃馨
roman: kāngnǎixīn
lang: Czech
word: karafiát
lang: Danish
word: nellike
lang: Dutch
word: anjer
lang: Dutch
word: anjelier
lang: Esperanto
word: dianto
lang: Estonian
word: nelk
lang: Faroese
word: nelikur
lang: Finnish
word: neilikka
lang: French
word: œillet
lang: Galician
word: caravel
lang: German
word: Nelke
lang: German
word: Nägeli
lang: Greek
word: γαρύφαλλο
roman: garýfallo
lang: Hebrew
word: צִפֹּרֶן
roman: tzippóren
lang: Hungarian
word: szegfű
lang: Indonesian
word: bunga anyelir
lang: Indonesian
word: bunga teluki
lang: Italian
word: garofano
lang: Japanese
word: カーネーション
roman: kānēshon
lang: Korean
word: 카네이션
roman: kaneisyeon
lang: Macedonian
word: каранфил
roman: karanfil
lang: Malay
word: bunga teluki
lang: Māori
word: kāneihana
lang: Māori
word: kanehana
lang: Mòcheno
word: nagel
lang: Nogai
word: калемпир
roman: kalempir
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: nellik
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: nellik
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: гвоздзик
roman: hvozdzik
lang: Persian
word: میخک
roman: mixak
lang: Polish
word: goździk
lang: Portuguese
word: cravo
lang: Romanian
word: garoafă
lang: Russian
word: гвозди́ка
roman: gvozdíka
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: каранфил
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: karanfil
lang: Slovak
word: hrebíček
lang: Spanish
word: clavel
lang: Swedish
word: nejlika
lang: Tagalog
word: klabel
lang: Thai
word: คาร์เนชั่น
roman: kaa-nee-chân
lang: Turkish
word: karanfil
lang: Venetan
word: garòfoło
lang: Vietnamese
word: cẩm chướng
lang: Volapük
word: kariofaflor
lang: Yiddish
word: נעגעלע
roman: negele
lang: Yiddish
word: גוואָזדיקע
roman: gvozdike