crayón

See also: crayon and Crayon

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɾaˈʝon/ [kɾaˈʝõn]

• 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)

1. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16