Plural of carnation
regular plural
The plural of carnation is carnations.
Forms of carnation
| Singular | carnation /kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | carnations |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Carnations in a sentence
- These carnations smell beautiful but those daffodils smell funny.From the entry beautiful
- By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.From the entry perpetual
- Here George Harris places carnations into gun barrels.2023, Stephen Forbes, A Cultural History of Plants in the Modern Era, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry flower power
- Gypsophilas are closely related to pinks and carnations.2001, David Michener, Nan Sinton, editors, Taylor's Guide to Ground Covers, page 243. From the entry gypsophila
- We sat there over an hour, watching strollers and some kerchieved peasant ladies selling carnations, roses, and rubber-banded sobriquets from their plastic-bucket shops.1978 January 22, Wanda Urbanski, “Poland: The memories linger”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 213, number 22, page 63, column 3. From the entry kerchieved
Meaning of carnation
- noun Originally, Dianthus caryophyllus.
- noun Other members of genus Dianthus and hybrids.
- noun The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
Questions about the plural of carnation
- What is the plural of carnation?
- The plural of carnation is carnations.
- Is carnation countable?
- Carnation is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnation (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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