lápiz

Concepts

pencil

📝

pen

🖊️

lead pencil

black lead

crayon

🖍️

stylus

pencil

📝

Synonyms

lapicero

pluma

🪶

bolígrafo

lapiz

Translations

Bleistift

📝

matita

📝

crayon

📝

potlood

📝

lápis

📝

llapis

📝

μολύβι

Stift

plumbum

kalem

🖊️

قلم

lapis

📝

kurşun kalem

gredon

Hyphenated as

lá‧piz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlapiθ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: lapis

Cognate with Portuguese: lápis

In summary

Borrowed from Latin lapis (“stone”), whence also English lapidary and lapis lazuli). Alternatively through Italian lapis; compare Portuguese lápis. Doublet of lápida.