pastel
English

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 pastille and pastegh.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæstl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /pæsˈtɛl/
- Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl
- Hyphenation: past‧el
Noun
pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)
Alternative forms
- (drawing; crayon): pastille (nonstandard, obsolete)
Translations
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæsˈtɛl/, /pɑsˈtɛl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpastɛl]
Declension
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]
Inflection
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pastel | pastellen | pasteller | pastellerne |
| genitive | pastels | pastellens | pastellers | pastellernes |
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 (file)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “pastel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Further reading
- “pastel” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Indonesian

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)
- (cooking) a type of fried curry puff, similar to empanada.
- (art) pastel:
- type of dried paste.
- drawing made with these paste.
- any of several subdued tints of colors.
Related terms
Further reading
- “pastel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paʃˈtɛw/ [paʃˈtɛʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
- Hyphenation: pas‧tel
Noun
pastel m (plural pastéis)
Hyponyms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: pastel
Romanian
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pasˈtel/ [pasˈt̪el]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: pas‧tel
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pastel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014