Etymology

pentel

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Today it means: A non-permanent marker pen. Full definition →

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pentel · noun1

From the name of the Japanese company Pentel Co., Ltd., which invented the non-permanent marker; ultimately from pen + tell.

pentel · noun2

By analogy with triel and tetrel.

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