clavel
Spanish, noun/klaˈbel/
clavel is spelled C-L-A-V-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 40,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clavel is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “carnation (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Planta de la familia de las cariofileas, de 30 a 40cm de alto, con tallos delgados, hojas largas y gríseas…”.
What does clavel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecarnation (plant)
- 2
masculinecarnation (flower)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Planta de la familia de las cariofileas, de 30 a 40cm de alto, con tallos delgados, hojas largas y gríseas, muchas flores terminales de pétalos rojo subido y olor muy agradable. Se cultiva por la hermosura de sus flores. 2. Flor de la planta clavel.
adjective: 1. Dicho de un bovino, de pelaje blanco con grandes manchas rojizas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clavel
- claveles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clavel?
- /klaˈbel/
- [klaˈβ̞el]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clavel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clavel in Spanish?
clavel appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).