crayon
/ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.05 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To draw with a crayon.
Example Sentences
- "Let no day pass over you […] without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon."
- "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."
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: crēta
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/
- British English: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/