Carnation

/kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "carnation" (39 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(3 words)
bloomblossomclove pink

Strong matches (12)

Noun(4 words)
dianthus caryophyllusemblemflowergillyflower
Adjective(1 words)
nude

Related words (19)

Noun(6 words)
pinkpink shaderose colorrosy huesymboltoken

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

10 entries
Mothers Day carnationblush pinkfuchsiafuneral carnationhot pinkminiature carnationrose pinkspray carnationstandard carnationwedding carnation

Collocations

6 entries
carnation bouquetcarnation petalscarnation scentpink carnationred carnationwhite carnation

Inflections

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

109 translations across 57 languages.

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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

2 entries
  • 康乃馨 noun (plant)
  • 康乃馨 noun (flower)

Czech

3 entries
  • hvozdík noun (plant)
  • karafiát noun (plant)
  • karafiát noun (flower)

Danish

2 entries
  • nellike noun (plant)
  • nellike noun (flower)

Dutch

4 entries
  • anjelier noun (plant)
  • anjelier noun (flower)
  • anjer noun (plant)
  • anjer 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

2 entries
  • neilikka noun (flower)
  • tarhaneilikka noun (plant)

French

2 entries
  • 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

2 entries
  • garoafă noun (plant)
  • garoafă noun (flower)

Russian

2 entries
  • гвозди́ка noun (plant)
  • гвозди́ка noun (flower)

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

9 total sentences available.

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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)

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