Crayon Meaning
/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
nounA colored pencil, a colouring pencil
Sentence Examples
Could I have that crayon, please?
I need a purple crayon for my drawing.
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The toddler picked a blue ____ to draw a wavy line on the paper.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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The toddler picked a blue ____ to draw a wavy line on the paper.