crayon

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɒ̃]
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• Received-Pronunciation, uncommon: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ən/ in the US
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɹɛj.ɔn/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkɹɛj.ən/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• US: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/ without the cot–caught merger
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• US: without the cot–caught merger
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• New-York-City: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• US, cot-caught-merger: /ˈkɹeɪ̯.ɑn/
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• California, Southern: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Midwestern-US, Northeastern, US, especially: /ˈkɹæn/
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• Midwestern-US, Northeastern, US, especially: [ˈkɹɛə̯n ~ ˈkɹeə̯n]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon: /ˈkɹaʊ̯n/
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• Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon: [ˈkɹɛɔ̯n]
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• Midwestern-US, New-Jersey, Philadelphia, Southern-US, US, Western, sometimes, uncommon: [ˈkɹæɔ̯n]
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• Virginia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkɹæɪ̯.ɔn/
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• /ˈkɹeː.än/ Dublin
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• /ˈkɹɛ.jän/ Dublin
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• rhymes with -eɪɒn
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• rhymes with -eɪən
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• rhymes with -æn
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• rhymes with -aʊn
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• CMU ARPABET: K R EY1 AA2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Latin crēta French craie Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Frankishinflu. Old French -on Middle French -on French -on French crayonbor. English crayon Borrowed from French crayon (“pencil”), from craie (“chalk”) + -on (diminutive suffix), from Latin crēta (“chalk, clay”), perhaps from crētus.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գունավոր մատիտ (gunavor matit) — colored chalk or wax
• Armenian: գունավոր կավիճ (gunavor kavič) — colored chalk or wax
• Armenian: նկարչական ածուխ (nkarčʻakan acux) — colored chalk or wax
• Bulgarian: пасте́л (pastél) — colored chalk or wax
• Catalan: llapis de color — colored chalk or wax
• Chinese Cantonese: 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (laap6 bat1) — colored chalk or wax
• Chinese: 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (zh-min-nan) — colored chalk or wax
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠟筆 /蜡笔 (làbǐ) — colored chalk or wax
• Cornish: kreyon — colored chalk or wax
• Czech: pastelka — colored chalk or wax
• Czech: barevná tužka — colored chalk or wax
• Czech: krajon — colored chalk or wax
• Dutch: waskrijt — colored chalk or wax
• Dutch: vetkrijt — colored chalk or wax
• Dutch: wasco — colored chalk or wax
• Esperanto: paŝtelo — colored chalk or wax
• Finnish: väriliitu — colored chalk or wax
• Finnish: värit — colored chalk or wax
• French: pastel — colored chalk or wax
• French: craie de cire — colored chalk or wax
• German: Wachsmalstift — colored chalk or wax
• Greek: κηρομπογιά (kirompogiá) — colored chalk or wax
• Hungarian: zsírkréta — colored chalk or wax
• Hungarian: pasztellkréta — colored chalk or wax
• Indonesian: krayon — colored chalk or wax
• Irish: crián — colored chalk or wax
• Italian: pastello — colored chalk or wax
• Japanese: クレヨン (kureyon) — colored chalk or wax
• Korean: 크레파스 (keurepaseu) — colored chalk or wax
• Korean: 크레용 (keureyong) — colored chalk or wax
• Lao: ສໍສີມັນ (sǭ sī man) — colored chalk or wax
• Māori: penehinu — colored chalk or wax
• Marathi: क्रेयॉन (kreyŏn) — colored chalk or wax
• Polish: kredka — colored chalk or wax
• Polish: kredka woskowa — colored chalk or wax
• Polish: kredka świecowa — colored chalk or wax
• Polish: świecówka — colored chalk or wax
• Portuguese: pastel — colored chalk or wax
• Portuguese: giz de cera — colored chalk or wax
• Portuguese: lápis de cera — colored chalk or wax
• Russian: цветно́й каранда́ш (cvetnój karandáš) — colored chalk or wax
• Russian: пасте́ль (pastɛ́lʹ) — colored chalk or wax
• Serbo-Croatian: крејон — colored chalk or wax
• Serbo-Croatian: krejon — colored chalk or wax
• Serbo-Croatian: krajon — colored chalk or wax
• Serbo-Croatian: pastela — colored chalk or wax
• Slovene: voščenka — colored chalk or wax
• Spanish: creyón — colored chalk or wax
• Spanish: crayón — colored chalk or wax
• Spanish: crayola — colored chalk or wax
• Spanish: cera — colored chalk or wax
• Spanish: pintura de cera — colored chalk or wax
• Swedish: krita — colored chalk or wax
• Thai: สีเทียน (sǐi-tiian) — colored chalk or wax
• Thai: สีชอล์ก (sǐi-chɔ́k) — colored chalk or wax
• Turkish: pastel boya — colored chalk or wax
• Vietnamese: viết chì màu — colored chalk or wax
• Vietnamese: bút sáp — colored chalk or wax
• Yoruba: ẹfun ìkùnwé — colored chalk or wax
• Dutch: kleurpotlood — colored pencil