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Pronunciation / Transliteration: làbǐ
"孩子们用蜡笔画画。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small stick of colored wax, chalk, or charcoal used for drawing and coloring.
"The children sat at the table drawing pictures with their new box of crayons." - 2
A pencil of colored chalk or pastel used in artwork.
"The artist used a black crayon to sketch the initial outlines of the portrait."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'crayon' (pencil), originating from the Old French root 'craie' (chalk), which comes from the Latin 'creta' (chalk, fine clay). It entered the English language in the late 16th century, originally referring to a pencil of chalk or charcoal, and evolved by the early 20th century to mean a stick of colored wax used for drawing.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Crayon" is said worldwide
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crayon de cire
Transliteration: kre-yɔ̃ də sir
"Elle colorie un dessin avec des crayons de cire."
Wachsmalkreide
Transliteration: vaks-maːl-kraɪ-də
"Die Kinder malen gerne mit Wachsmalkreiden."
pastello a cera
Transliteration: pas-tɛl-lo a tʃe-ra
"Il bambino disegna con i pastelli a cera."
crayón
Transliteration: kɾaˈʝon
"El niño pintó un perro con su crayón rojo."
giz de cera
Transliteration: ʒiz dʒi ˈsɛɾɐ
"Ela desenhou uma flor usando giz de cera."
मोम रंग
Transliteration: mom rang
"बच्चे मोम रंग से चित्र बना रहे हैं।"
蜡笔
Transliteration: làbǐ
"孩子们用蜡笔画画。"
크레파스
Transliteration: keu-re-pa-seu
"아이가 크레파스로 그림을 그리고 있습니다."
クレヨン
Transliteration: kureyon
"子供たちはクレヨンで絵を描いています。"
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