krajono

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), ultimately from Latin crēta (“chalk; clayey soil”). Compare Louisiana Spanish crión. Doublet of kreto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [krajˈono]
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• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: kraj‧o‧no

Noun

krajono (accusative singular krajonon, plural krajonoj, accusative plural krajonojn)

1. pencil

   Hypernym: skribilo

Derived terms

• feltkrajono (“felt-tip pen”)
• globkrajono (“ballpoint pen”)
• kolorkrajono (“colored pencil, crayon”)
• krajoni (“to write with a pencil, to pencil”)