carnation

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === carnation (countable and uncountable, plural carnations) (botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers. originally, Dianthus caryophyllus other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours. A rosy pink colour (archaic, now especially heraldry) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh A scarlet colour. ==== Synonyms ==== (plant, flower): clove pink (also called gillyflower), (ancestor of the carnation) Dianthus caryophyllus (plant, flower): cottage pink, Dianthus plumarius ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === carnation (not comparable) Of a rosy pink or red colour. (archaic) Of a human flesh color. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== gypsophila === Anagrams === Cantorian, Carnotian == French == === Etymology === From Middle French, possibly from Italian carnagione (“flesh color”), either way from Late Latin carnātiōnem (“fleshiness”) (from Latin carō (“flesh”)), or from a corruption of coronation (from Latin corōnāre (“to crown”), from corōna (“crown”)), because of the flower's use in chaplets or from the toothed crown-like look of the petals. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === carnation f (countable and uncountable, plural carnations) (uncountable) a fleshy pinkish color (not the color of a carnation flower) (countable) skin tone Synonym: teint === Further reading === “carnation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === connaitra, connaîtra