crayón

See also: crayon and Crayon

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crayon, from craie (“chalk”). Doublet of crión.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /kɾaˈʝon/ [kɾaˈʝõn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kɾaˈʃon/ [kɾaˈʃõn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kɾaˈʒon/ [kɾaˈʒõn]

Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: cra‧yón

Noun

crayón m (plural crayones)

(Argentina, Guatemala, Honduras, Uruguay) crayon
Synonyms: (Colombia, Venezuela, Canary Islands) creyón, (Cuba, Mexico, Peru) crayola, (Spain) cera, (Spain) lápiz de cera

Related terms

clarión

Further reading

“crayón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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