pastel

English

Pastel crayons

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 pastegh, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpæstl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pæsˈtɛl/
• Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl
• Hyphenation: past‧el

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• (drawing; crayon): pastille (nonstandard, obsolete)

Translations

any of several subdued tints of colors

• Armenian: պաստել (hy) (pastel)
• Czech: pastelová barva
• Finnish: pastellisävy (fi)
• German: Pastellfarbe (de) f
• Hungarian: pasztell (hu)
• Japanese: パステルカラー (ja) (pasuteru karā)
• Polish: pastel (pl) m
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)
• Turkish: pastel (tr)

drawing made with these colors

• Bulgarian: пастел m (pastel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉画 (zh)

• Czech: pastel m
• Finnish: pastelli (fi), pastellityö
• Polish: pastel (pl) m
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)
• Yiddish: פּאַסטעל m (pastel)

type of dried paste

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 色素粉末, 粉彩 (zh) (fěncǎi)

• Polish: pastel (pl) m
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)
• Vietnamese: phấn tiên

crayon made from such a paste

• Armenian: պաստել (hy) (pastel)
• Belarusian: пастэ́ль f (pastélʹ)
• Bulgarian: пастел m (pastel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蠟筆 / 蜡笔 (cǎisè làbǐ), 油畫棒 / 油画棒, 粉畫兒筆 / 粉画儿笔

• Czech: barevná křída
• Finnish: pastelliliitu
• French: pastel (fr) m or f
• Georgian: პასტელი (ṗasṭeli)
• Hungarian: pasztellkréta (hu)
• Japanese: パステル (ja) (pasuteru)
• Korean: 파스텔 (ko) (paseutel)
• Polish: pastel (pl) m
• Portuguese: pastel (pt) m
• Russian: пасте́ль (ru) f (pastɛ́lʹ)
• Ukrainian: пасте́ль f (pastélʹ)
• Yiddish: פּאַסטעל־קרײַדל n (pastel-kraydl)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæsˈtɛl/, /pɑsˈtɛl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Anagrams

• tepals, Stapel, septal, Staple, peltas, Patels, palest, Pleats, leptas, plates, petals, staple, palets, patels, pleats

Asturian

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. cake (a sweet dessert)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpastɛl]

Noun

pastel m inan

1. pastel

Declension

Declension of pastel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pastel	pastely
genitive	pastelu	pastelů
dative	pastelu	pastelům
accusative	pastel	pastely
vocative	pastele	pastely
locative	pastelu	pastelech
instrumental	pastelem	pastely

Further reading

• “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)

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]

Noun

pastel c (singular definite pastellen, plural indefinite pasteller)

1. pastel

Inflection

Declension of pastel

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”). Doublet of pastille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.tɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

pastel m (plural pastels)

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

Derived terms

• pastelliste

Related terms

• pâte
• pastille

Descendants

• → English: pastel
• → Danish: pastel
• → Dutch: pastel
  • → Indonesian: pastel
• → Romanian: pastel

Further reading

• “pastel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

pastel f (plural pasteis)

1. cake

Further reading

• “pastel”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpastɛl/ [ˈpas.t̪ɛl]
• Syllabification: pas‧tel

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pastel (plural pastel-pastel)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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)

Further reading

• “pastel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

pastele sense 2

pastel sense 4

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.tɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -astɛl
• Syllabification: pas‧tel

Noun

pastel m inan (related adjective pastelowy)

1. pastel (type of dried paste used to make crayons)
3. (chiefly in the plural) pastel (paint in the form of a soft crayon, used to draw without clear contours)
4. pastel (painting technique that involves the use of pastel)
6. pastel (painting painted with pastels)
7. pastel (any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender)
8. (cosmetics) eye shadow (cosmetic in the form of a light powder for eyelids or cheeks)

   Synonyms: cień, cień do powiek

9. variety of mink with a light brown coat in various shades

Declension

Declension of pastel

	singular	plural
nominative	pastel	pastele
genitive	pastelu	pasteli/pastelów
dative	pastelowi	pastelom
accusative	pastel	pastele
instrumental	pastelem	pastelami
locative	pastelu	pastelach
vocative	pastelu	pastele

Derived terms

nouns

• pastelista
• pastelistka
• pasteloza

 

Related terms

adverbs

• pastelowo

 

nouns

• pastelowość

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʃˈtɛw/ [paʃˈtɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʃˈtɛ.li/

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian pastello.

Noun

pastel m (plural pastéis)

1. crayon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French pastel (modern pâte).

Noun

pastel m (plural pastéis)

1. a fried pastry made of wheat flour, filled with cheese, meat or other fillings; comparable to German Teigtaschen

Derived terms

• pastel de bacalhau
• pastel de Belém
• pastel de nata
• pastel de Tentúgal
• pastel de vento

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pastel

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello.

Noun

pastel n (plural pasteluri)

1. pastel

Declension

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈtel/ [pasˈt̪el]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: pas‧tel

Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)

1. pastry
2. cake; pie

   Synonyms: torta, tarta

3. (art) pastel

Hyponyms

• pastel de arroz
• pastel de arroz inflado
• pastel de carne
• pastel de choclo
• pastel de crema de Boston
• pastel de cumpleaños
• pastel de fruta
• pastel de frutas
• pastel de luna
• pastel de manzana
• pastel de papa
• pastel de pollo
• pastel del pastor
• pastel invertido

 

Derived terms

• descubrirse el pastel
• nel pastel
• neles pasteles
• pastel en bote
• pastelería
• pastelero
• pastelillo
• pastelito
• pintura al pastel

 

Further reading

• “pastel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• pastle, peltas, plaste