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crayola

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
cray-ola
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A brand of art supplies from the Crayola company, especially crayons.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Coined by Alice (Stead) Binney, the wife of the founder of the company. From French craie (“chalk”) + oleaginous; cf. -ola.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does crayola mean?
A surname.
Where does crayola come from?
It is traced to French.

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