CRAYON


Meaning of CRAYON in English

/ ˈkreɪən; NAmE / noun

a coloured pencil or stick of soft coloured chalk or wax , used for drawing

►  crayon verb [ v , vn ]

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from French , from craie chalk, from Latin creta .

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