pastis
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pastis (countable and uncountable, plural pastises)
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pastis
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan pastis or Old Occitan pastis, pastitz, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta. Doublet of pastiche, which was taken from Italian pasticcio. Compare also pâtisser.
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pastis m (plural pastis)
- pastis
- (figurative, Provence) mess (difficult situation)
- Synonyms: imbroglio, embrouillamini, bordel
Further reading edit
- “pastis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Pronunciation edit
- pastīs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tiːs/, [ˈpäs̠t̪iːs̠]
- pastīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tis/, [ˈpäst̪is]
- pāstīs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaːs.tiːs/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪iːs̠]
- pāstīs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tis/, [ˈpäst̪is]
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pastīs f
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pāstīs
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Noun edit
pastis m (plural pastis)