pastel

English

Pastel crayons

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello (pastel), from Medieval Latin pastellum (dough, paste), from Latin pasta (dough, paste), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, dough, paste). Doublet of pastegh, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæstl̩/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pæsˈtɛl/
  • Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl
  • Hyphenation: past‧el

Noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)

  1. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
  2. (art) A drawing made with any of those colors.
  3. A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
  4. A crayon made from such a paste.
  5. Woad.
    Wool was dyed in the pastel vat.
Alternative forms
  • (drawing; crayon): pastille (nonstandard, obsolete)
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pastel, ultimately the same word as Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæsˈtɛl/, /pɑsˈtɛl/
  • (file)

Noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels or pasteles)

  1. A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
  2. A Filipino stew made with vegetables, sausages, and chicken or other meat in a creamy sauce.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

  1. cake (a sweet dessert)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpastɛl]

Noun

pastel m inan

  1. pastel

Declension

Further reading

  • pastel in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pastel in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pastel in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From French pastel, Italian pastello (pastel), from Medieval Latin pastellum (dough, paste), from Latin pasta (dough, paste), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, dough, paste).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pastɛl/, [pʰaˈsd̥ɛlˀ]

Noun

pastel c (singular definite pastellen, plural indefinite pasteller)

  1. pastel

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Italian pastello (pastel), from Medieval Latin pastellum (dough, paste), from Latin pasta (dough, paste), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, dough, paste). Doublet of pastille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pas.tɛl/
  • (file)

Noun

pastel m (plural pastels)

  1. (botany) woad
  2. (art) pastel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: pastel
  • Danish: pastel
  • Dutch: pastel
  • Romanian: pastel

Further reading

Galician

Noun

pastel f (plural pasteis)

  1. cake

Further reading

Indonesian

pastel (1)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin pastellum (dough, paste), from Latin pasta (dough, paste), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, dough, paste). Doublet of pasta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpas.tɛl]
  • Hyphenation: pas‧tèl

Noun

pastèl (first-person possessive pastelku, second-person possessive pastelmu, third-person possessive pastelnya)

  1. (cooking) a type of fried curry puff, similar to empanada.
  2. (art) pastel:
    1. type of dried paste.
    2. drawing made with these paste.
    3. any of several subdued tints of colors.

Further reading

Polish

pastele sense 2
pastel sense 4

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpas.tɛl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -astɛl
  • Syllabification: pas‧tel

Noun

pastel m inan (related adjective pastelowy)

  1. pastel (type of dried paste used to make crayons)
  2. (chiefly in the plural) pastel (paint in the form of a soft crayon, used to draw without clear contours)
  3. pastel (painting technique that involves the use of pastel)
  4. pastel (painting painted with pastels)
  5. pastel (any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender)
  6. (cosmetics) eye shadow (cosmetic in the form of a light powder for eyelids or cheeks)
    Synonyms: cień, cień do powiek
  7. variety of mink with a light brown coat in various shades

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
adverbs
  • pastelowo
nouns
  • pastelowość

Further reading

  • pastel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pastel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • pastel in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian pastello.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˈtɛ.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: pas‧tel

Noun

pastel m (plural pastéis)

  1. crayon
  2. a fried pastry made of wheat flour, filled with cheese, meat or other fillings; comparable to German Teigtaschen

Hyponyms

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello.

Noun

pastel n (plural pasteluri)

  1. pastel

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pasˈtel/ [pasˈt̪el]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: pas‧tel

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

  1. pastry
  2. cake; pie
    Synonyms: torta, tarta
  3. (art) pastel

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

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