Translation
pencil
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Word origin
From Latin lapis ('stone'); the pencil sense reflects the stone-like grey mark early leads and graphite left on paper.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- lapis
- English cognates
- lapidary
Grammar
Examples
, ?
Can I use your pencil, please?
retrato .
She drew the portrait using only pencil.
.
I bought a box of coloured pencils.
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lápis: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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