crayon

English

Wikipedia

Wax crayons.

Etymology

From French crayon (“pencil”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: krāʹän
• IPA: /ˈkɹeɪ.ən/, /ˈkɹeɪ.ɒn/, /ˈkræn/, /ˈkraʊn/
• Rhymes: -eɪən

Noun

crayon (plural crayons)

1. A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

Translations

colored chalk or wax

Bosnian: krejon (bs) m. Bulgarian: пастел (bg) m. Chinese: 蠟筆, 蜡笔 (làbǐ) Croatian: krejon m., krajon m. Dutch: kleurpotlood n. Finnish: väriliitu (fi), värit (fi) French: pastelle (fr) f. German: Zeichenstift m. Greek: κηρομπογιά (el) (kirompogiá) f. Italian: pastello (it) m.

Japanese: クレヨン (kureyon) Korean: 크레용 (keureyon) Portuguese: pastel (pt) m., giz de cera (pt) m. Russian: цветной карандаш (tsvetnój karandáš) m., пастель (pastél’) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: крејон m. Roman: krejon m. Spanish: creyón m., crayón (es) Turkish: pastel boya (tr)

Verb

crayon (third-person singular simple present crayons, present participle crayoning, simple past and past participle crayoned)

1. To draw with a crayon.

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French

Etymology

From diminutive of craie "chalk", from Latin creta.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kʁɛ.jɔ̃/

Noun

crayon m. (plural crayons)

1. pencil