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noun, feminine

carnation

/kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/

noun, feminine/kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃/plural: carnations

a fleshy pinkish color (not the color of a carnation flower); skin tone

Synonyms: teint

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.