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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCrayon
/ˈkreɪ.ɒn/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', meaning pencil, which comes from the Old French 'craie' (chalk), ultimately originating from the Latin 'creta' (chalk, fine clay). The suffix '-on' was added as a diminutive, evolving by the late 16th century to describe a stick of colored chalk or 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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