pastel
English
/ˈpæstəl/, /pæsˈtɛl/
noun
Definitions
- Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue and lavender
- A drawing made with any of those colors.
- A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
- A crayon made from such a paste.
- Woad.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pastel (pastel) derived from Italian pastello (pastel) derived from Latin pastellum (dough, paste), pasta (dough, paste, pastry cake) derived from Ancient Greek πάστη (dough, paste).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πάστη
Gloss
dough, paste
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- paste English
- pastelist English
- pastellic English
- pastellist English
- *pasticium Latin
- pasta Latin
- pastellum Latin
- Pasta German
- pasta Italian
- pastellista Italian
- pastello Italian
- pasta Dutch, Flemish
- pastel French
- pastelliste French
- pasta Spanish, Castilian
- pastel Spanish, Castilian
- pastelazo Spanish, Castilian
- pastelear Spanish, Castilian
- pastelería Spanish, Castilian
- pastelillo Spanish, Castilian
- pastelito Spanish, Castilian
- pastilla Spanish, Castilian
- πάστα Ancient Greek
- πάστη Ancient Greek
- παστά Ancient Greek
- pasta Portuguese
- pastel Portuguese
- パステル Japanese
- pasta Polish
- pastel Danish
- pasta Czech
- paste Old French
- pasta Catalan, Valencian
- pasta Galician
- პასტელი Georgian
- pasta Slovak
- 파스텔 Korean
- pasta Sicilian
- basdéél Navajo, Navaho
- pòstaléna Taos