krajono

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin crēta

French craie

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ō

Frankishinflu.

Old French -on

Middle French -on

French -on

French crayonbor.

Esperanto krajono

Borrowed from French crayon. Doublet of kreto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraˈjono/

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Syllabification: kra‧jo‧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”)

Further reading

• “krajono”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “krajono”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026