pastel

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”).

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

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.

Borrowed from Spanish pastel.

pastel (plural pasteles)

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

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

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. cake (a sweet dessert)

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”).

• IPA^(key): /pastɛl/, [pʰaˈsd̥ɛlˀ]

pastel c (singular definite pastellen, plural indefinite pasteller)

1. pastel

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

• IPA^(key): /pas.tɛl/

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pastel m (plural pastels)

1. pastel

• pastelliste

• pâte
• pastille

• “pastel” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Italian pastello.

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

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.

• pastel de vento

From Old French pastel.

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtel/

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. cake, pie, pastry

• torta

(diminutive pastelillo or pastelito)