Phrase guide

sweet william

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

name

Meaning 1

Alternative spelling of sweet william.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bunch pink

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Various dogfish, especially when sold as food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rock salmon

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dianthus barbatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pink, garden pink

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: самакитка (samakitka) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Catalan: clavell del pom — Dianthus barbatus
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏂᏧᏣ ᎠᏂᏥᎸᏍᎩ (anitsutsa anitsilvsgi) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Czech: hvozdík bradatý — Dianthus barbatus
  • Czech: hvozdík vousatý — Dianthus barbatus
  • Finnish: harjaneilikka — Dianthus barbatus
  • French: œillet de poète — Dianthus barbatus
  • German: Bartnelke — Dianthus barbatus
  • Hungarian: törökszegfű — Dianthus barbatus
  • Irish: lus na gile — Dianthus barbatus
  • Italian: garofano dei poeti — Dianthus barbatus
  • Korean: 수염패랭이꽃 (suyeompaeraeng'ikkot) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Latvian: čemuru neļķe — Dianthus barbatus
  • Macedonian: турски трендафил (turski trendafil) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Norman: jalousie — Dianthus barbatus
  • Norman: girofliée — Dianthus barbatus
  • Romanian: garofiță-de-grădină — Dianthus barbatus
  • Russian: туре́цкая гвозди́ка (turéckaja gvozdíka) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Swedish: borstnejlika — Dianthus barbatus
  • Turkish: hüsnüyusuf — Dianthus barbatus
  • Ottoman Turkish: حسن یوسف (hüsnüyusuf) — Dianthus barbatus
  • Vietnamese: cẩm chướng thơm lùn — Dianthus barbatus
  • Walloon: bouket-tot-fwait — Dianthus barbatus
  • Welsh: penigan barfog — Dianthus barbatus
  • Yiddish: באָרד־נעגעלע (bord-negele) — Dianthus barbatus