English-Thai Dictionary

carnation

N คา ร์เนชั่น  ไม้ดอกช นิดหนึ่ง  ดอก มี สี ขาว  ชมพู  หรือ แดง  ka-ne-chan

 

carnation

N ดอก คา ร์เนชั่น  dok-ka-ne-chan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARNATION

n. 1. Flesh color; the parts of a picture which are naked, or without drapery, exhibiting the natural color of the flesh.
2. A genus of plants, Dianthus, so named from the color of the flower. Among these are the clove-gilliflower, sweet-william, Indian pink, etc.

 

CARNATIONED

a.Made like carnation color.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CARNATION

Car *na "tion, n. Etym: [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ]

 

1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton.

 

2. pl. (Paint. )

 

Defn: Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt.

 

3. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus ) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

 

CARNATIONED

CARNATIONED Car *na "tioned, a.

 

Defn: Having a flesh color.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

carnation

car na tion 1 |kärˈnāSHən kɑrˈneɪʃən | ▶noun a double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with gray-green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers. [Dianthus caryophyllus, family Caryophyllaceae: many cultivars. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps based on a misreading of Arabic ḳaranful ‘clove or clove pink, ’ from Greek karyophullon. The early forms suggest confusion with carnation ‘rosy pink color, ’ with incarnation, and with coronation .

 

carnation

car na tion 2 |kärˈnāSHən kɑːrˈneɪʃn | ▶noun a rosy pink color: [ as modifier ] : sage and carnation throw pillows. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French carnation ‘color of one's flesh, ’ based on Latin carn- ‘flesh. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

carnation

carnation 1 |kɑːˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey-green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers. ●Dianthus caryophyllus, family Caryophyllaceae: many cultivars. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: perhaps based on a misreading of Arabic qaranful ‘clove or clove pink ’, from Greek karyophyllon. The early forms suggest confusion with carnation 2, with incarnation, and with coronation .

 

carnation

carnation 2 |kɑːˈneɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun a rosy pink colour: [ as modifier ] : sage and carnation throw pillows. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French carnation ‘colour of one's flesh ’, based on Latin carn- ‘flesh ’.

 

French Dictionary

carnation

carnation n. f. nom féminin Teint. : Elle a la carnation claire d ’une Irlandaise.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

carnation

car na tion /kɑː r néɪʃ (ə )n /〖原義は 「ピンク色 」〗名詞 1 C 〘植 〙カーネーション (の花 )(→Mother's Day ).2 U 〖種類では 可算 〗ピンク色 , 淡紅色 .