taille-crayon
/taj.kʁɛ.jɔ̃/
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- les taille-crayons
Meaning
Similar words
Similar in other languages
German
Bleistiftspitzer is the German word for the same thing — both mean "pencil sharpener."
Spanish
sacapuntas is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "pencil sharpener."
Portuguese
apontador is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "pencil sharpener."
Practice
1 What does taille-crayon mean?
pencil sharpener
2 Fill the gap: L'enfant taille son ___ avec un taille-crayon.
Full sentence: L'enfant taille son crayon avec un taille-crayon. (The child sharpens his pencil with a pencil sharpener.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches taille-crayon?
taille-crayon: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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