crayon
French, noun/kʁɛ.jɔ̃/
crayon is spelled C-R-A-Y-O-N (6 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crayon is a French masculine noun meaning “pencil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de bois cylindrique fin contenant une mine en son centre, taillé afin d’obtenir une pointe à…”.
What does crayon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepencil
- 2
colloquialmasculinepen (writing utensil)
- 3
masculineslangvulgarcock, dick, prick
- 4
masculinecrayon
- 5
masculineneedlefish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de bois cylindrique fin contenant une mine en son centre, taillé afin d’obtenir une pointe à l’extrémité et qui permet de dessiner, colorier ou écrire avec la main. 2. Mine ou toute autre matière colorée propre à dessiner (sans sa gangue de bois). 3. Petite barre de produit cosmétique ou pharmaceutique solide. 4. Marne argileuse et sablonneuse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of crayon
- crayons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crayon?
- /kʁɛ.jɔ̃/
- /kʁe.jɔ̃/
- /kɾe.jɔ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crayon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crayon in French?
crayon appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).