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Pastel crayons

Etymology 1

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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.

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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.
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  • (drawing; crayon): pastille (nonstandard, obsolete)
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Etymology 2

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

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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.

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Asturian

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Noun

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pastel m (plural pasteles)

  1. cake (a sweet dessert)

Czech

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Noun

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pastel m inan

  1. pastel

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Further reading

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  • pastel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • pastel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • pastel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Danish

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Etymology

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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).

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  • IPA(key): /pastɛl/, [pʰaˈsd̥ɛlˀ]

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pastel c (singular definite pastellen, plural indefinite pasteller)

  1. pastel

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Declension of pastel
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pastel pastellen pasteller pastellerne
genitive pastels pastellens pastellers pastellernes

French

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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pastel m (plural pastels)

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

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Descendants

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

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Galician

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pastel f (plural pasteis)

  1. cake

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Portuguese pastel (a type of pastry). Doublet of pasta.

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pastel (plural pastel-pastel)

  1. (cooking) a type of fried curry puff, similar to empanada

Etymology 2

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From Dutch pastel, from French pastel, from Italian pastello. Related to the first etymology.

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pastel (plural pastel-pastel)

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

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Polish

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pastele sense 2
pastel sense 4

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Borrowed from French pastel.

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Noun

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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

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Further reading

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

Portuguese

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian pastello.[1][2]

Noun

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pastel m (plural pastéis)

  1. crayon

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old French pastel (modern pâte).[1][2]

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pastel m (plural pastéis)

  1. a fried pastry made of wheat flour, filled with cheese, meat or other fillings; comparable to German Teigtaschen
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  1. 1.0 1.1 pastel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. 2.0 2.1 pastel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello.

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pastel n (plural pasteluri)

  1. pastel

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Declension of pastel
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pastel pastelul pasteluri pastelurile
genitive-dative pastel pastelului pasteluri pastelurilor
vocative pastelule pastelurilor

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.

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Noun

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pastel m (plural pasteles)

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

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish pastel, from Old French pastel, from Italian pastello, from Medieval Latin pastellum, from Latin pasta, ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē).

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pastél (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ᜔)

  1. pie (pastry)
  2. (art) pastel
  3. (letterpress typography) pi (metal type that has been spilled)
  4. pastel (Filipino stew made with vegetables, sausages, and chicken or other meat in a creamy sauce)

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See also

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Further reading

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  • pastel”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • pastel”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1043.
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 469:Paſtel) Paſtil (pc) C. comida poco vſada
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 447