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cray·on
(krā′ŏn′, -ən)n.
1. A stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk, used for drawing.
2. A drawing made with one of these sticks.
tr.v. cray·oned, cray·on·ing, cray·ons
To draw, color, or decorate with a stick of colored wax, charcoal, or chalk.
[French, diminutive of craie, chalk, from Latin crēta.]
cray′on·ist (-ə-nĭst), cray′on·er (-ə-nər) n.
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crayon
(ˈkreɪən; -ɒn)n
1. (Art Terms) a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment
2. (Art Terms) a drawing made with crayons
vb
(Art Terms) to draw or colour with crayons
[C17: from French, from craie, from Latin crēta chalk]
ˈcrayoner, ˈcrayonist n
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cray•on
(ˈkreɪ ɒn, -ən)n.
1. a pointed stick or pencil, as of colored chalk or wax, used for drawing or coloring.
2. a drawing in crayons.
v.t. 3. to draw or color with a crayon or crayons.
[1635–45; < French, =craie chalk (< Latin crēta clay, chalk) + -on n. suffix]
cray′on•ist, cray′on•er, n.
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crayon
Past participle: crayoned
Gerund: crayoning
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| Noun | 1. |  crayon - writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawingwriting implement - an implement that is used to write |
| Verb | 1. | crayon - write, draw, or trace with a crayon draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
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Translations
قَـلَم رَسْـمقَلَم مُلَوَّنيَرسُم بقلم الرَّسـم
pastelkauhelkreslit
farvekridtfarveblyant
väriliitu
kreda u boji
krétával rajzolszínes ceruza
krítarlitur, litblÿanturteikna
クレヨン
크레용
piešti spalvotu pieštuku/spalvota kreidaspalvota kreidaspalvotas pieštukas
krāsains zīmulispasteliszīmēt ar krāsainiem zīmuļiem/pasteļiem
kresliť pastelkoupastelka
barvna kredavoščenka
krita
ดินสอสี
mum boyamum boya ile resim yapmak
bút chì màu
crayon
[ˈkreiən]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crayon
n
(= pencil) → Buntstift m; (= wax crayon) → Wachs(mal)stift m; (= chalk crayon) → Pastellstift m, → Malkreide f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crayon
(ˈkreiən) noun a coloured pencil or stick of chalk etc for drawing with.
verb to use crayons to draw a picture etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
crayon
→ قَلَم مُلَوَّن pastelka farvekridt Wachsmalstift κραγιόνι lápiz de color väriliitu crayon de couleur kreda u boji pastello クレヨン 크레용 kleurpotlood fargestift kredka giz de cera, lápis de cera цветной карандаш krita ดินสอสี mum boya bút chì màu 蜡笔Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009