English Explanatory Dictionary

crayon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
  2. A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
  3. A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
  4. A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
verb
  1. To draw with a crayon.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/ [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃] /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/ /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/ /ˈkɹɛj.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crayon.wav /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ En-NYC crayon.ogg En-US-crayon.wav /ˈkɹæn/ [ˈkɹɛə̯n ~ ˈkɹeə̯n] En-us-crayon.ogg /ˈkɹaʊ̯n/ [ˈkɹɛɔ̯n] [ˈkɹæɔ̯n] EN-VA-crayon.ogg /ˈkɹæɪ̯.ɔn/ /ˈkɹeː.än/ /ˈkɹɛ.jän/

Word forms

crayon crayons crayoning crayonning crayoned crayonned

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

Synonyms

pencil crayon colouring pencil

Related words

cretaceous

Derived words

crayon board crayon eater crayonist crayon license crayonlike meat crayon not the sharpest crayon in the box pencil crayon porte-crayon sauce crayon uncrayoned
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