Meaning
4 sensesA stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
Wachsmalstift
цветно́й каранда́шcvetnój karandáš, пасте́льpastɛ́lʹ
writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing
(dated)A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines.
(dated)A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light.
(obsolete)A colored pencil, a colouring pencil
Examples
39 sentencesTom has a box of crayons.
ruУ Тома есть коробка карандашей. — marafon
I bought Tom a box of crayons.
I bought a box of crayons for Tom.
Tom scribbled on the wall with a blue crayon.
Tom put the box of crayons in his desk drawer.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), frBorrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus.
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Forms
plural: crayonsSynonyms
3 synonyms- writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing:wax crayon