how to pronounce carnation

/kɑːˈnɛɪ.ʃən/

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carnation is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of carnation in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… drops at her feet a carnation containing …”

meaning of carnation

Carnation is a flower that is usually red or white.

carnation frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word carnation occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics carnation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that carnation can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;