crayon
pencil
The French word 'crayon' is directly used to refer to a pencil in English. It can be used in various contexts such as 'crayon de papier' meaning pencil, 'crayon de couleur' meaning colored pencil, or 'taille-crayon' which refers to a pencil sharpener.
Example sentences using: crayon
Je vais chercher mon crayon.
I am going to find my pencil.
This is a simple sentence that demonstrates the use of 'crayon' in French, within the larger context of a present tense action.
Votre crayon est sur le bureau.
Your pencil is on the desk.
In this example, 'crayon' is used in the context of a statement about the location of an object, demonstrating how French uses similar sentence structure to English in this case.
Le crayon est un outil d'écriture.
The pencil is a writing tool.
This sentence provides an example of how 'crayon' can be used in a basic French sentence that provides a definition of an object.