crayon en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹæɪ̯.ɔn/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (California, Southern) audio
- /ˈkɹeː.än/ Dublin
- (New-York-City) audio
- /ˈkɹaʊ̯n/ (Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon)
- (US) audio
- /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ (US) without the cot–caught merger
- [ˈkɹæɔ̯n] (Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon)
- (Virginia) audio
- /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- [ˈkɹɛɔ̯n] (Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon)
- /ˈkɹɛ.jän/ Dublin
- [ˈkɹɛə̯n ~ ˈkɹeə̯n] (Midwestern-US, Northeastern, US, especially)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon) in the US
- /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ (US, cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈkɹæn/ (Midwestern-US, Northeastern, US, especially)
- [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkɹɛj.ən/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- (US) without the cot–caught merger
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.
Meanings
- A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
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(obsolete) A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon.
1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
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(dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
But on the wall hung two fine crayons, representing Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette — pictures which she recognized as having hung in the corridor of the Tuileries — and in front of them were burning two candles on a species of rude altar.
1885, Littell's Living Age, volume 167, page 187:
- (dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crayons | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
crayon license · not the sharpest crayon in the box · porte-crayon · crayon board · meat crayon · pencil crayon · sauce crayon · crayonist · crayonlike · crayon eater
Relateds
Synonyms
pencil crayon · colouring pencil
Translations (60)
hu zsírkréta (colored chalk or wax) · sh krejon (colored chalk or wax) · fr pastel (colored chalk or wax) · cs barevná tužka (colored chalk or wax) · hu pasztellkréta (colored chalk or wax) · it pastello (colored chalk or wax) · ga crián (colored chalk or wax) · nl vetkrijt (colored chalk or wax) · pl kredka (colored chalk or wax) · yue 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (colored chalk or wax) · ru пасте́ль (colored chalk or wax) · nl kleurpotlood (colored pencil) · kw kreyon (colored chalk or wax) · cs krajon (colored chalk or wax) · bg пасте́л (colored chalk or wax) · eo paŝtelo (colored chalk or wax) · fr craie de cire (colored chalk or wax) · pl świecówka (colored chalk or wax) · nl waskrijt (colored chalk or wax) · hy գունավոր կավիճ (colored chalk or wax) · fi värit (colored chalk or wax) · pt lápis de cera (colored chalk or wax) · es cera (colored chalk or wax) · pt pastel (colored chalk or wax) · el κηρομπογιά (colored chalk or wax) · ja クレヨン (colored chalk or wax) · es crayón (colored chalk or wax) · nan-hbl 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (colored chalk or wax) · sh крејон (colored chalk or wax) · es pintura de cera (colored chalk or wax) · pl kredka woskowa (colored chalk or wax) · de Wachsmalstift (colored chalk or wax) · ko 크레용 (colored chalk or wax) · ca llapis de color (colored chalk or wax) · cmn 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (colored chalk or wax) · id krayon (colored chalk or wax) · yo ẹfun ìkùnwé (colored chalk or wax) · sl voščenka (colored chalk or wax) · sh krajon (colored chalk or wax) · th สีชอล์ก (colored chalk or wax) · es creyón (colored chalk or wax) · lo ສໍສີມັນ (colored chalk or wax) · mi penehinu (colored chalk or wax) · cs pastelka (colored chalk or wax) · sh pastela (colored chalk or wax) · pt giz de cera (colored chalk or wax) · mr क्रेयॉन (colored chalk or wax) · th สีเทียน (colored chalk or wax) · ru цветно́й каранда́ш (colored chalk or wax) · vi bút sáp (colored chalk or wax) · nl wasco (colored chalk or wax) · es crayola (colored chalk or wax) · vi viết chì màu (colored chalk or wax) · ko 크레파스 (colored chalk or wax) · sv krita (colored chalk or wax) · hy գունավոր մատիտ (colored chalk or wax) · pl kredka świecowa (colored chalk or wax) · hy նկարչական ածուխ (colored chalk or wax) · fi väriliitu (colored chalk or wax) · tr pastel boya (colored chalk or wax)