Hyphenation of carnation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word carnation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

car-na-tion

Definitions of carnation:

1.	Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers Widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
2.	A pink or reddish-pink color
3.	Pink or pinkish

Synonyms of carnation:

adj	chromatic
noun	clove pink, gillyflower, Dianthus caryophyllus, pink, garden pink
noun	pink

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.