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. — raggione
Я сегодня купил дюжину карандашей. — Lenin_1917
Я купив сьогодні дюжину олівців. — aandrusiak
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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. — aandrusiak
ruЯ сегодня купил дюжину карандашей. — Lenin_1917
deIch habe heute ein Dutzend Bleistifte gekauft. — raggione
How many pencils do you have?
Скільки в вас олівців? — aandrusiak
ruСколько у тебя карандашей? — soweli_Elepanto
deWie viele Bleistifte hast du? — MUIRIEL
Do you have a red pencil?
Ти маєш червоний олівець? — ascolto
ruУ тебя есть красный карандаш? — Tonari
deHast du einen roten Buntstift? — Kleinchen42
Don't sign the contract in pencil.
Не підписуй договір олівцем. — deniko
ruНе подписывай контракт карандашом. — Ooneykcall
deDen Vertrag nicht mit Bleistift unterschreiben! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sorry, I don't have a pencil.
Мені шкода, але у мене немає олівця. — deniko
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
72 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