פּאַשטעט

Yiddish

Alternative forms

• פּאַסטעט (pastet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian паштэ́т (paštét), Polish pasztet and/or Russian паште́т (paštét), ultimately from German Pastete. Direct inheritance as a dialectal cognate to Pastete would have yielded a feminine gender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʃˈtɛt/

Noun

פּאַשטעט • (pashtet) m, plural פּאַשטעטן (pashtetn)

1. pâté

Derived terms

• פּאַשטעט פֿון גענדזענער לעבער (pashtet fun gendzener leber, “pâté de foie gras”)

See also

• (pate, head): קאָפּ (kop)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “פּאַשטעט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “pâté”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN