crayon

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) +‎ -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/, [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃] IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation, less common in the US) /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/, /ˈkɹɛj.ən/ (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/, /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɔn/ IPA(key): (US, cot–caught merger) /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ (US, especially Northeastern US, Midwestern US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹæn/, [ˈkɹɛə̯n ~ ˈkɹeə̯n] (US, less common, chiefly Philadelphia, New Jersey, sometimes Southern US, sometimes Midwestern US, sometimes Western US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹaʊ̯n/, [ˈkɹɛɔ̯n], [ˈkɹæɔ̯n] (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɹæɪ̯.ɔn/ (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈkɹeː.än/, /ˈkɹɛ.jän/ Rhymes: -eɪɒn, -eɪən, -æn, -aʊn Hyphenation: cray‧on === Noun === crayon (plural crayons) A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing. Hyponym: Conté (obsolete) A colored pencil, a colouring pencil Synonyms: pencil crayon (Canada), colouring pencil (UK) (dated) A crayon drawing, or a drawing with colored lines. (dated) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. ==== Usage notes ==== The /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ (in the US CRAY-ahn, in dialects with the cot-caught merger also CRAY-awn) and /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɔn/ (in the US CRAY-awn) pronunciations are used by 83% of Americans. The monosyllabic /kɹæn/ [kɹɛə̯n ~ kɹeə̯n] (cran) pronunciation is used by 14%. 1.46% pronounce it the same way as "crown" (/kɹaʊ̯n/), and 1.24% use other pronunciations (one of them /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/ CRAY-uhn). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cretaceous ==== Translations ==== === Verb === crayon (third-person singular simple present crayons, present participle crayoning or (rare) crayonning, simple past and past participle crayoned or (rare) crayonned) (ambitransitive) To draw with a crayon. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “crayon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === acyron == French == === Etymology === From craie (“chalk”) +‎ -on (diminutive suffix), derived from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɛ.jɔ̃/ ~ /kʁe.jɔ̃/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): /kɾe.jɔ̃/, /kɾi.jɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ Homophone: crayons === Noun === crayon m (plural crayons) pencil (colloquial) pen (writing utensil) Synonyms: plume (Louisiana), stylo (vulgar, slang) cock, dick, prick Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis (Louisiana) crayon Synonym: pastel (Louisiana) needlefish Synonym: aiguille (Louisiana) ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “crayon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) === Anagrams === Carnoy, caryon, Cayron, Cornay, Cronay, Cyrano, Roynac