# pastel
## English
### 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: /ˈpæstl̩/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /pæsˈtɛl/
* Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl
* Hyphenation: past‧el

#### Noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels)
* Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
* (art) 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.
    Wool was dyed in the pastel vat.

##### Alternative forms

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

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pæsˈtɛl/, /pɑsˈtɛl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

pastel (countable and uncountable, plural pastels or pasteles)
* A traditional dish in various Latin American countries, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
* 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)
* cake (a sweet dessert)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpastɛl]

### Noun

pastel m inan
* pastel

#### Declension
### 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), 2008–2025

## 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: /pastɛl/, [pʰaˈsd̥ɛlˀ]

### Noun

pastel c (singular definite pastellen, plural indefinite pasteller)
* pastel

#### Inflection
## 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: /pas.tɛl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pastel m (plural pastels)
* (botany) woad
* (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)
* cake

### Further reading

* “pastel”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

pastel (plural pastel-pastel)
* (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)
* pastel (type of dried paste)
* pastel (drawing made with these paste)
* pastel (any of several subdued tints of colors)
    Synonym: malis

### 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
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpas.tɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -astɛl
* Syllabification: pas‧tel

### Noun

pastel m inan (related adjective pastelowy)
* pastel (type of dried paste used to make crayons)
* (chiefly in the plural) pastel (paint in the form of a soft crayon, used to draw without clear contours)
* pastel (painting technique that involves the use of pastel)
* pastel (painting painted with pastels)
* pastel (any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender)
* (cosmetics) eye shadow (cosmetic in the form of a light powder for eyelids or cheeks)
    Synonyms: cień, cień do powiek
* variety of mink with a light brown coat in various shades

#### Derived terms

* pastelista
* pastelistka
* pasteloza

#### Related terms

* pastelowo
* 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: /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pasˈtɛw/ [pasˈtɛʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /paʃˈtɛw/ [paʃˈtɛʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈtɛl/ [pɐʃˈtɛɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐʃˈtɛ.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
* Hyphenation: pas‧tel

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian pastello.

#### Noun

pastel m (plural pastéis)
* crayon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French pastel (modern pâte).

#### Noun

pastel m (plural pastéis)
* 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

### References

* 1 2 “pastel”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* 1 2 “pastel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French pastel, from Italian pastello.

### Noun

pastel n (plural pasteluri)
* pastel

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old French pastel. Cognate with English pastel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pasˈtel/ [pasˈt̪el]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: pas‧tel

### Noun

pastel m (plural pasteles)
* pastry
* cake; pie
    Synonyms: torta, tarta
* (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 de Navidad
* pastel en bote
* pastelería
* pastelero
* pastelillo
* pastelito
* pintura al pastel
* quitar el hojaldre 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