pencil
A writing utensil with a graphite shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and…A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
» I bought a dozen pencils today.
Ich habe heute ein Dutzend Bleistifte gekauft.
Я сегодня купил дюжину карандашей.
Я купив сьогодні дюжину олівців.
Meaning
6 sensesA writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
Bleistift, Buntstift, Griffel
каранда́шkarandáš
оліве́цьolivécʹ
An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point
A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
(historical)A paintbrush.
(obsolete, rare)A small medicated bougie.
(obsolete)A small, thin tuft of hairs or feathers.
Examples
671 sentencesI bought a dozen pencils today.
Я купив сьогодні дюжину олівців.
ruЯ сегодня купил дюжину карандашей.
deIch habe heute ein Dutzend Bleistifte gekauft.
How many pencils do you have?
Скільки в вас олівців?
ruСколько у тебя карандашей?
deWie viele Bleistifte hast du?
Do you have a red pencil?
Ти маєш червоний олівець?
ruУ тебя есть красный карандаш?
deHast du einen roten Buntstift?
Don't sign the contract in pencil.
Не підписуй договір олівцем.
ruНе подписывай контракт карандашом.
deDen Vertrag nicht mit Bleistift unterschreiben!
Sorry, I don't have a pencil.
Мені шкода, але у мене немає олівця.
Translations
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to ModernFrom Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Doublet of penis. Not related to pen.
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Forms
plural: pencilsSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
77 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- have a pencil
- sharpen my pencil
- need a pencil
- pencil and started
- with a pencil
- out a pencil
- for a pencil
- pencils in the
- a pencil and
- red pencil
- is this pencil
- these pencils are