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crayon.

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃]Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/Received-Pronunciation, uncommon/ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/British, Southern, Standard

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

  2. A colored pencil, a colouring pencil

    obsolete

  3. A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.

    dated

  4. A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.

    dated
Where this word comes from

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. English crayon Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus.

verb/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/Received-Pronunciation[ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃]Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/Received-Pronunciation, uncommon/ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/British, Southern, Standard

  1. To draw with a crayon.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

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. English crayon Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus.

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