crayon

  • 21crayon — (krè ion) s. m. 1°   Petit morceau de minerai, propre à écrire ou à dessiner. •   Crayon noir, blanc Si au milieu des tableaux de Rubens ou de Paul Veronèse, quelqu un venait placer ses dessins au crayon, n aurait il pas tort de s égaler à ces… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 22crayon — crayonist, n. /kray on, euhn/, n. 1. a pointed stick or pencil of colored clay, chalk, wax, etc., used for drawing or coloring. 2. a drawing in crayons. v.t. 3. to draw or color with a crayon or crayons. v.i. 4. to make a drawing with crayons.… …

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  • 23crayon — I UK [ˈkreɪɒn] / US [ˈkreɪˌɑn] noun [countable] Word forms crayon : singular crayon plural crayons a small stick of coloured wax used for drawing II UK [ˈkreɪɒn] / US [ˈkreɪˌɑn] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms crayon : present tense… …

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  • 24crayon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ coloured/colored ▪ wax … OF CRAYONS ▪ box VERB + CRAYON ▪ colour/color sth (in) with …

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  • 25crayon — I. noun Etymology: French, crayon, pencil, from diminutive of craie chalk, from Latin creta Date: 1644 1. a stick of white or colored chalk or of colored wax used for writing or drawing 2. a crayon drawing II. transitive verb Date: 1662 to draw… …

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  • 26Crayón — Crayones de cera. Lápices Crayola . El crayón o …

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  • 27crayon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grease or wax pencil, pastel, chalk. See painting. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. chalk, pastel, colored wax, crayon pencil, lithographic pencil, drawing medium, cont? crayon, wax crayon, Crayola… …

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  • 28crayon — cray|on1 [ˈkreıən, ɔn US a:n, ən] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: craie chalk ] a stick of coloured ↑wax or ↑chalk that children use to draw pictures crayon 2 crayon2 v [I and T] to draw something with a crayon …

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  • 29crayon — cray|on1 [ kreı,an ] noun count a small stick of colored WAX used for drawing crayon cray|on 2 [ kreı,an ] verb intransitive or transitive to draw something using a crayon …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30crayon — n.m. Crédit : Avoir du crayon. / Cheveu : Se faire tailler les crayons. / Canne : S appuyer sur son crayon. / Jambe …

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