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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•tel1 /pæˈstɛl/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a color having a soft, pale, light shade.
- Fine Art[uncountable] a dried paste made of coloring matter.
- Fine Art[countable] a crayon made from such paste.
- Fine Art[uncountable] the art of drawing with such crayons.
- Fine Art[countable] a drawing so made.
adj. [before a noun] - having a soft, pale, light color or shade.
- Fine Artdrawn with pastels.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pas•tel1 (pa stel′; esp. Brit. pas′tl),USA pronunciation n. - a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Fine Arta kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.
- Fine Arta chalklike crayon made from such paste.
- Fine Artthe art of drawing with such crayons.
- Fine Arta drawing so made.
- Literaturea short, light prose study or sketch.
adj. - having a soft, subdued shade.
- Fine Artdrawn with pastels:a pastel portrait.
- Late Latin pastellus, variant of Latin pastillus (see pastille)
- Italian pastello
- French
- 1655–65
- Plant Biologythe woad plant.
- Textilesthe dye made from it.
- Medieval Latin pastellum (neuter) woad (origin, originally woad paste), for Late Latin pastellus (masculine), diminutive of pasta paste; change of gender by influence of Latin glastum woad
- Provencal
- Middle French
- 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pastel /ˈpæstəl; pæˈstɛl/ n - a substance made of ground pigment bound with gum, used for making sticks for drawing
- a crayon of this
- a drawing done in such crayons
- the medium or technique of pastel drawing
- a pale delicate colour
adj - (of a colour) pale; delicate: pastel blue
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from Italian pastello, from Late Latin pastellus woad compounded into a paste, diminutive of pasta paste1ˈpastelist, ˈpastellist n |