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incarnadine

in·car·nad·ineUK /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/obsolete

incarnadine is spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-A-D-I-N-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (in·car·nad·ine). It appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, incarnadine means “Of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in incarnadine?

Letters11: I-N-C-A-R-N-A-D-I-N-E
Syllables4: in·car·nad·ine
In writingabout once in every 54 million words; the 228,409th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is incarnadine?

Incarnadine appears about once in every 54 million words in written English, the 228,409th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce incarnadine?

  • UK /ɪnˈkɑːnədiːn/
  • UK /-daɪn/
  • UK /-dɪn/

Incarnadine has 4 syllables, split in·car·nad·ine in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incarnadine1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incarnadine2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incarnadine3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of incarnadine

  • more incarnadine comparative
  • most incarnadine superlative
  • incarnadines present, singular, he/she/it
  • incarnadining participle, present
  • incarnadined participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does incarnadine mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicOf the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

  2. 2

    archaicOf the blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.

  3. 3

    archaicBloodstained, bloody.

  4. 4

    archaicOf a red colour.

noun

  1. 1

    archaicThe pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.

  2. 2

    archaicThe blood-red colour of raw flesh; crimson.

  3. 3

    archaicA red colour.

verb

  1. 1

    archaicTo make flesh-coloured.

  2. 2

    archaicTo make red, especially blood-coloured or crimson; to redden.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Incarnadine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germanfleischfarben (of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh –…), inkarnadein (to make flesh-coloured)
Spanishincarnado (of the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh –…), encarnar (to make flesh-coloured), encarnado (of the blood-red colour of raw flesh – see also…)
Portugueseencarnado (blood-red colour of raw flesh – see also crimson)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does incarnadine come from?

The adjective is derived from French incarnadin, incarnadine, from Italian incarnadino, a variant of incarnatino (“carnation; flesh colour”), from incarnato (“embodied, incarnate”) + -ino (suffix forming adjectives denoting composition, colour, or other qualities).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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