Carnation

//kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "carnation" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Noun(2 words)

clove pink dianthus caryophyllus

cardinal carmine cerise chromatic clove pink

Strong matches (10)

color crimson fiery flaming flower glowing hot

Noun(3 words)

cottage pink dianthus plumarius gillyflower

Related words (17)

inflamed lurid maroon pigment puce red rubicund ruby ruddy rust rusty scarlet titian vermilion warm wine

Adjective(1 words)

nude

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

2 entries

garden pink pink

Synonyms

1 entries

clove pink

Related terms

9 entries

carnal carnassial carnify carnival carnivore carnosity gypsophila incarnadine incarnate

derived

4 entries

carnation-grass carnationed carnationist sea carnation

has context

1 entries

botany

is a

3 entries

centrospermae order flower pink

related to

32 entries

carnal carnassial carnify carnival carnivore carnosity colour dianthus dianthus caryophyllus eurasian face flesh flesh coloured flower gypsophila incarnadine

Showing 16 of 32 words.

similar

2 entries

chromatic

Translations

122 translations across 57 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

angelier noun (flower)

Albanian

1 entries

karafil noun (plant)

Arabic

4 entries

قرنفل noun (plant)
قَرَنْفُل noun (plant)
قَرَنْفُل noun (flower)
قُرُنْفُل noun (plant)

Armenian

3 entries

ղարանֆիլ noun (plant)
մեխակ noun (plant)
մեխակ noun (flower)

Basque

1 entries

krabelin noun (plant)

Bulgarian

2 entries

карамфил noun (plant)
карамфил noun (flower)

Burmese

1 entries

ဇော်မွှား noun (flower)

Catalan

3 entries

clavell noun (plant)
clavell noun (flower)
clavellina noun (plant)

Chinese

2 entries

剪絨花 /剪绒花 noun (plant)
剪絨花 /剪绒花 noun (flower)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

康乃馨 noun (flower)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

粉紅色的 /粉红色的 adj (colour)
康乃馨 noun (plant)
康乃馨 noun (flower)
粉紅色 /粉红色 noun (rosy pink colour)

Czech

3 entries

hvozdík noun (plant)
karafiát noun (plant)
karafiát noun (flower)

Danish

2 entries

nellike noun (plant)
nellike noun (flower)

Dutch

4 entries

carnatie adj (colour)
vleeskleurig adj (colour)
anjelier noun (plant)
anjelier noun (flower)

Esperanto

2 entries

dianto noun (plant)
dianto noun (flower)

Estonian

1 entries

nelk noun (flower)

Faroese

2 entries

nelikur noun (plant)
nelikur noun (flower)

Finnish

4 entries

heleänpunainen adj (colour)
neilikanpunainen noun (rosy pink colour)
neilikka noun (flower)
tarhaneilikka noun (plant)

French

4 entries

incarnat adj (colour)
incarnat noun (rosy pink colour)
œillet noun (plant)
œillet noun (flower)

Galician

3 entries

caravel noun (plant)
caravel noun (flower)
caraveleira noun (plant)

German

4 entries

Gartennelke noun (plant)
Nelke noun (plant)
Nelke noun (flower)
Nägeli noun (flower)

Greek

2 entries

γαρυφαλλιά noun (plant)
γαρύφαλλο noun (flower)

Hebrew

1 entries

צִפֹּרֶן noun (flower)

Hungarian

1 entries

szegfű noun (flower)

Indonesian

2 entries

bunga anyelir noun (flower)
bunga teluki noun (flower)

Italian

2 entries

garofano noun (plant)
garofano noun (flower)

Japanese

1 entries

カーネーション noun (flower)

Kazakh

1 entries

қалампыр noun (plant)

Korean

2 entries

카네이션 noun (plant)
카네이션 noun (flower)

Lithuanian

1 entries

gvazdikas noun (plant)

Macedonian

2 entries

каранфил noun (plant)
каранфил noun (flower)

Malay

1 entries

bunga teluki noun (flower)

Maltese

1 entries

qronfol noun (plant)

Mòcheno

1 entries

nagel noun (flower)

Māori

2 entries

kanehana noun (flower)
kāneihana noun (flower)

Nogai

1 entries

калемпир noun (flower)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

nellik noun (plant)
nellik noun (flower)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

nellik noun (plant)
nellik noun (flower)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

قرنفل noun (plant)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

гвоздзик noun (flower)

Persian

1 entries

میخک noun (flower)

Polish

2 entries

goździk noun (plant)
goździk noun (flower)

Portuguese

2 entries

cravo noun (plant)
cravo noun (flower)

Romanian

3 entries

roz adj (colour)
garoafă noun (plant)
garoafă noun (flower)

Russian

4 entries

теле́сный adj (colour)
гвозди́ка noun (plant)
гвозди́ка noun (flower)
теле́сный noun (rosy pink colour)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

karanfil noun (plant)
karanfil noun (flower)
каранфил noun (plant)
каранфил noun (flower)

Slovak

1 entries

hrebíček noun (flower)

Spanish

2 entries

clavel noun (plant)
clavel noun (flower)

Swedish

1 entries

nejlika noun (flower)

Tagalog

2 entries

klabel noun (plant)
klabel noun (flower)

Thai

1 entries

คาร์เนชั่น noun (flower)

Turkish

2 entries

karanfil noun (plant)
karanfil noun (flower)

Ukrainian

1 entries

гвоздика noun (plant)

Venetan

1 entries

garòfoło noun (flower)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cẩm chướng noun (plant)
cẩm chướng noun (flower)

Volapük

4 entries

diant noun (plant)
kariof noun (plant)
kariofaflor noun (flower)
plümadiant noun (plant)

Yiddish

4 entries

גוואָזדיקע noun (plant)
גוואָזדיקע noun (flower)
נעגעלע noun (plant)
נעגעלע noun (flower)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The tall man wore a pink carnation in his lapel.

Source: tatoeba (713026)

One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so beautiful; for her swooning had not dimmed the brightness of her complexion: her cheeks were carnation, and her lips coral.

Source: tatoeba (6211737)

This is a carnation.

Source: tatoeba (6357408)

He pinned a carnation to his jacket.

Source: tatoeba (6888312)

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

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