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pastille en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæst(ɪ)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pæsˈtil/ (General-American)

Etymology

Partly from the following: * From Late Middle English pastil, pastill (“crushed leek leaves; vegetable pulp”), borrowed from Old French pastel, probably from Latin pastillus, pastillum (“small bread roll; lozenge to freshen breath; medicated lozenge”), possibly from pāstus (“fed, nourished; consumed; having eaten; of an animal: driven to pasture, pastured; having browsed or grazed”) + -illus (diminutive suffix). Pāstus is the perfect passive participle of pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to maintain, support; of an animal: to drive to pasture, pasture; to browse, graze”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). * Borrowed from French pastille (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air; pellet, pill”), and from its etymon Spanish pastilla (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air”), from Latin pastillus, pastillum; see above. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastilla.

Meanings

  1. A flavoured candy or sweet, often round and somewhat flat in shape.
  2. Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
    • Watercolors of professional quality come in small pastilles of dry pigment, in pans of semi-moist paint, or in tubes or bottles of liquid watercolor. 2003, The Complete Drawing & Painting Course, →ISBN, page 201:
  3. (historical, specifically) Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet. ▸ A small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate.
    • At the end he felt faint and sick, and having lit some Algerian pastilles in a pierced copper brazier, he bathed his hands and forehead with a cool musk-scented vinegar. 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray:
  4. (historical, qualifier:pharmacy) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.
    • In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
  5. (qualifier:pharmacy) A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.

Forms

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pastilles Number=Plur lexicographic
pastil alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

pastillator · Sabouraud pastille · pastillation · pastilled · Sabouraud's pastille

Synonyms

cough drop · troche

pastille en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæst(ɪ)l/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pæsˈtil/ (General-American)

Etymology

Partly from the following: * From Late Middle English pastil, pastill (“crushed leek leaves; vegetable pulp”), borrowed from Old French pastel, probably from Latin pastillus, pastillum (“small bread roll; lozenge to freshen breath; medicated lozenge”), possibly from pāstus (“fed, nourished; consumed; having eaten; of an animal: driven to pasture, pastured; having browsed or grazed”) + -illus (diminutive suffix). Pāstus is the perfect passive participle of pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to maintain, support; of an animal: to drive to pasture, pasture; to browse, graze”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”). * Borrowed from French pastille (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air; pellet, pill”), and from its etymon Spanish pastilla (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air”), from Latin pastillus, pastillum; see above. Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastilla.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make into a pastille.

Forms

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pastilled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pastilled Tense=Past lexicographic
pastilling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pastilles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (77)

la pastillus (medicinal pill) · pt pastilha (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · ro pastilă (flavoured candy or sweet) · es gomita (flavoured candy or sweet) · fi kurkkupastilli (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · it pastiglia (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · fi pastilli (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · fr pastille (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · ca pastilla (flavoured candy or sweet) · bg таблетка (medicinal pill) · fi kurkkupastilli (medicinal pill) · ru монпансье́ (flavoured candy or sweet) · cs pastilka (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · gl pastilla (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · fi pastilli (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · nb pastill (medicinal pill) · ar قرص طبي محلى (flavoured candy or sweet) · el παστίλια (flavoured candy or sweet) · hu pasztilla (flavoured candy or sweet) · grc ἔκλειγμα (medicinal pill) · nn pastill (flavoured candy or sweet) · pl pastylka (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · gl pastilla (medicinal pill) · nn pastill (medicinal pill) · es pastilla (flavoured candy or sweet) · grc πᾰ́στῐλλος (medicinal pill) · pt pastilha (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · txb ṣpakīye (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · nb pastill (flavoured candy or sweet) · gl pastilla (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · ru табле́тка (medicinal pill) · ota شمامه (small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate) · ca pastilla (medicinal pill) · txb ṣpel (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · ka კვერი (flavoured candy or sweet) · nb pastill (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · id pastiles (flavoured candy or sweet) · pl pastylka (medicinal pill) · cs pastilka (medicinal pill) · tr pastil (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · la pastillus (flavoured candy or sweet) · ru драже́ (medicinal pill) · az monpası (flavoured candy or sweet) · gl pastilla (small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate) · ru лепёшка (medicinal pill) · ru ледене́ц (medicinal pill) · el παστίλια (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · ru пасти́лка (medicinal pill) · pl landrynka (flavoured candy or sweet) · ca pastilla (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · eo pastelo (flavoured candy or sweet) · txb ṣpakīye (medicinal pill) · da pastil (flavoured candy or sweet) · el παστίλια (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · ca pevet (small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate) · ro pastilă (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · it pastiglia (flavoured candy or sweet) · ro pastilă (medicinal pill) · ja トローチ (flavoured candy or sweet) · grc σφρᾱγῑ́ς (medicinal pill) · fi pastilli (flavoured candy or sweet) · uk монпансьє (flavoured candy or sweet) · txb ṣpel (medicinal pill) · nn pastill (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · fr pastille (flavoured candy or sweet) · io pastilo (flavoured candy or sweet) · es pastilla (small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material — see also tablet) · hy մոնպանսիե (flavoured candy or sweet) · sv pastill (candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses) · ru ледене́ц (flavoured candy or sweet) · it pastiglia (medicinal pill) · sv pastill (flavoured candy or sweet) · tr pastil (flavoured candy or sweet) · de Pastila (flavoured candy or sweet) · pl pastylka (flavoured candy or sweet) · de Pastille (medicinal pill) · de Pastille (flavoured candy or sweet)

pastille en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæstl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pæsˈtɛl/ (General-American)

Etymology

See pastel.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, nonstandard, obsolete) Nonstandard spelling of pastel (“a crayon made from a type of dried paste; a drawing made using such crayons”).
    alt of pastel
    • Painting with water color, oil, or pastille, from still life. 1913, University of Kansas, Bulletin - Volume 14, Issue 12, page 35:
    • Pastille, Crayon or Chalk on Photograph. 1873, Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Missouri:
    • Best specimen of fancy painting, pastille, Emily C. Dills, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 1867, Indiana. State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture:

Forms

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pastilles Number=Plur lexicographic