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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cray•on /ˈkreɪɑn, -ən/USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta pointed stick of colored wax or chalk, used for drawing or coloring: [countable]a brand new box of crayons.[uncountable]a drawing done in crayon.
v. - Fine Artto draw or color with a crayon or crayons: [no object]The children have been crayoning all day.[~ + object]crayoned their pictures.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cray•on (krā′on, -ən),USA pronunciation n. - Fine Arta pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring.
- Fine Arta drawing in crayons.
v.t. - Fine Artto draw or color with a crayon or crayons.
v.i. - Fine Artto make a drawing with crayons.
- Latin crēta clay, chalk) + -on noun, nominal suffix
- French, equivalent. to craie chalk (
- 1635–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: crayon /ˈkreɪən -ɒn/ n - a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment
- a drawing made with crayons
vb - to draw or colour with crayons
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from craie, from Latin crēta chalkˈcrayonist n |