Translation
pencil
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Word origin
From craie ('chalk'), from Latin creta ('chalk'), with the diminutive suffix -on. The first crayons were made of chalk or similar material.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- creta
- English cognates
- cretaceous
Grammar
Examples
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Take a pencil to do your drawing.
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Write your name in pencil, not in pen.
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She has a box of coloured pencils.
taillé.
This pencil needs sharpening.
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He has a pencil behind his ear.
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