grifelo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian гри́фель (grífelʹ), itself borrowed from German Griffel, ultimately from Ancient Greek γραφείον (grapheíon, “writing stick”). Compare Dutch griffel, Swedish griffel, Estonian krihvel.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ɡriˈfelo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: gri‧fe‧lo

Noun

grifelo (accusative singular grifelon, plural grifeloj, accusative plural grifelojn)

1. pencil

   Synonym: krajono

2. stylus