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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæstəl/
• IPA^(key): /pæsˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl

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. 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.

Translations

any of several subdued tints of colors

• Armenian: պաստել (hy) (pastel)
• Finnish: pastellisävy
• Japanese: パステルカラー (ja) (pasuteru karā)
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• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)

drawing made with these colors

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉画 (zh)

• Finnish: pastelli, pastellityö
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
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• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)

type of dried paste

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色素粉末, 粉彩 (zh) (fěncǎi)

• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
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• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)

crayon made from such a paste

• Armenian: պաստել (hy) (pastel)
• Belarusian: пастэ́ль f (pastélʹ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠟筆／蜡笔 (làbǐ), 蜡笔 (cǎisè làbǐ), 油畫棒／油画棒, 油画棒, 粉畫兒筆／粉画儿笔, 粉画儿笔

• Finnish: pastelliliitu
• French: pastel (fr) m or f
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• Georgian: პასტელი (ṗasṭeli)
• Japanese: パステル (ja) (pasuteru)
• Korean: 파스텔 (ko) (paseutel)
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)
• Ukrainian: пасте́ль f (pastélʹ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish pastel.

Noun

pastel (plural pasteles)

1. A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.

Anagrams

• leptas, palest, palets, peltas, petals, plates, pleats, septal, staple, tepals

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Asturian

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. cake (a sweet dessert)

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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

Declension of pastel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pastel	pastellen	pasteller	pastellerne
genitive	pastels	pastellens	pastellers	pastellernes

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.tɛl/

• Audio

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Noun

pastel m (plural pastels)

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

Derived terms

• pastelliste

Related terms

• pâte
• pastille

Further reading

• “pastel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Portuguese pastel (“a type of pastry”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”).

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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. (art) pastel,
   1. type of dried paste.
   2. drawing made with these paste.
   3. any of several subdued tints of colors.

Related terms

• pasta

 

Further reading

• “pastel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian pastello.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtɛw/
• IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtɛɫ/
• Rhymes: -ɛw

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

• pastel de vento

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pastel

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtel/

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. cake
2. pastry
3. pie
4. (art) pastel

Synonyms

• torta

Hyponyms

• pastel de carne m (“meatloaf”)
• pastel de choclo m (“corn pie”)
• pastel de fruta (“fruit cake”)
• pastel de frutas (“fruit tart”) (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador)
• pastel de luna
• pastel de pollo (“chicken pot pie”)

 

Derived terms

(diminutive pastelillo or pastelito)

Nouns

• pastelería f (“pastry shop, cake shop”)
• pastelero m (“pastry cook, confectioner”)