pastille

See also Pastille

English

Etymology

The sweets are named after Italian confectioner Giovanni Pastilla who made them for Marie de Medici.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæs.ˈtil/, X-SAMPA: /p{s."til/

Noun

Wikipedia pastille (plural pastilles)

1. A soft flavoured candy.
2. A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
3. A small granular half spheroid piece of material.

Related terms

• pastillation
• pastillator

Translations

soft flavoured candy

• Catalan: pastilla (ca) f
• Finnish: pastilli (fi)
• French: pastille (fr) f

• German: Pastila (de) f, Pastille (de) f
• Russian: пастила (ru) (pastilá) f

medicinal pill

• Catalan: pastilla (ca) f
• Finnish: kurkkupastilli (fi)

• German: Pastille (de) f

small granular half spheroid piece of material

• Catalan: pastilla (ca) f
• Finnish: pastilli (fi)

• French: pastille (fr) f

See also

• List of foods named after people

Anagrams

• palliest, stipella