Phrase guide

colored pencil

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A pencil with a wax-like colored core.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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History

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: каляро́вы ало́вак (kaljaróvy alóvak) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Cantonese: 木顏色筆 /木颜色笔 (muk6 ngaan4 sik1 bat1) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Cantonese: 木顏色 /木颜色 (muk6 ngaan4 sik1) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩色鉛筆 /彩色铅笔 (cǎisè qiānbǐ) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩鉛 /彩铅 (cǎiqiān) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 色鉛筆 /色铅笔 (sèqiānbǐ) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木顏色 /木颜色 (mùyánsè) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩筆 /彩笔 (cǎibǐ) — pencil with a colored core
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彩色筆 /彩色笔 (cǎisèbǐ) — pencil with a colored core
  • Czech: pastelka — pencil with a colored core
  • Czech: pastelky — pencil with a colored core
  • Dutch: kleurpotlood — pencil with a colored core
  • Esperanto: kolorkrajono — pencil with a colored core
  • Finnish: värikynä — pencil with a colored core
  • French: crayon de couleur — pencil with a colored core
  • German: Buntstift — pencil with a colored core
  • German: Malstift — pencil with a colored core
  • German: Farbstift — pencil with a colored core
  • Greek: ξυλομπογιά (xylompogiá) — pencil with a colored core
  • Gujarati: રંગીન સીસાપેન (raṅgīn sīsāpen) — pencil with a colored core
  • Hungarian: színes ceruza — pencil with a colored core
  • Hunsrik: Maallappis — pencil with a colored core
  • Indonesian: pensil warna — pencil with a colored core
  • Japanese: 色鉛筆 (iroenpitsu) — pencil with a colored core
  • Korean: 색연필 (saegyeonpil) — pencil with a colored core
  • Lithuanian: spalvotas pieštukas — pencil with a colored core
  • Malay: pensel warna — pencil with a colored core
  • Mongolian: өнгийн харандаа (öngiin xarandaa) — pencil with a colored core
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fargeblyant — pencil with a colored core
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fargeblyant — pencil with a colored core
  • Polish: kredka — pencil with a colored core
  • Portuguese: lápis de cor — pencil with a colored core
  • Romanian: creion colorat — pencil with a colored core
  • Russian: цветно́й каранда́ш (cvetnój karandáš) — pencil with a colored core
  • Lower Sorbian: barwik — pencil with a colored core
  • Upper Sorbian: barbjenčk — pencil with a colored core
  • Upper Sorbian: barbička — pencil with a colored core
  • Upper Sorbian: barbojty — pencil with a colored core
  • Upper Sorbian: barbny wołojnik — pencil with a colored core
  • Swedish: färgpenna — pencil with a colored core
  • Thai: สีไม้ (sǐi-máai) — pencil with a colored core
  • Thai: ดินสอสี (din-sɔ̌ɔ-sǐi) — pencil with a colored core
  • Ukrainian: кольоро́вий оліве́ць (kolʹoróvyj olivécʹ) — pencil with a colored core
  • Vietnamese: bút chì màu — pencil with a colored core