pentel

P3E1N1T1E1L1

noun

A non-permanent marker pen.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

pentel1

nounpentel (plural pentels)

plural pentels

  1. A non-permanent marker pen.

    Failing this, a piece of hardboard with white Fablon from Woolworths makes a good surface for drawing with water-soluble pentels. The drawings can be removed with a damp cloth.

    1974, Margaret Williams, Dorothy Booth, Antenatal education: guidelines for teachers, page 33
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    […] 'Drawing the Line' invited spectators to write their reactions to the photographs and to the question of drawing the line, right on the walls. (Black pentels were supplied for this purpose.)

    2015, Hilary Robinson, Feminism Art Theory: An Anthology 1968-2014, page 406

pentel2

nounpentel (plural pentels)

plural pentels

  1. rarechemistryA pnictogen or element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes elements nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.

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Origin

pentel · noun

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

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pentel · noun

By analogy with triel and tetrel.

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APA

pentel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentel

MLA

“pentel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentel.

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