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–noun

1.	a color having a soft, subdued shade.

2.	a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water.

3.	a chalklike crayon made from such paste.

4.	the art of drawing with such crayons.

5.	a drawing so made.

6.	a short, light prose study or sketch.

–adjective

7.	having a soft, subdued shade.

8.	drawn with pastels: a pastel portrait.

[Origin: 1655–65; < F < It pastello < LL pastellus, var. of L pastillus (see pastille)

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–noun

1.	the woad plant.

2.	the dye made from it.

[Origin: 1570–80; < MF < Pr < ML pastellum (neut.) woad (orig. woad paste), for LL pastellus (masc.), dim. of pasta paste; change of gender by influence of L glastum woad

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n.

1. A drawing medium of dried paste made of ground pigments and a water-based binder that is manufactured in crayon form.
2. A crayon of this material.
3. A picture or sketch drawn with this type of crayon.
4. The art or process of drawing with pastels.
1. A picture or sketch drawn with this type of crayon.
2. The art or process of drawing with pastels.
A soft delicate hue; a pale color: a room done all in pastels.
A sketchy or brief prose work.

adj.

Of, relating to, or made of pastel.
Pale and soft in color.

[French, from Italian pastello, material made into a paste, from Late Latin pastellus, woad dye, diminutive of pasta, paste; see paste¹.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pastel

1662, "crayons, chalk-like pigment used in crayons," from Fr. pastel "crayon," from It. pastello "a pastel," lit. "material reduced to a paste," from L.L. pastellus "dye from the leaves of the woad plant," dim. of pasta (see pasta). Meaning "pale or light color" first recorded 1899.

"The soft, wraith-like tints ... are now in fashion again. The modern name for them is 'pastels,' ... for these soft, half-faded tones bear the same relation to real colours as pastels do to oil-paintings." [(London) Daily News, Oct. 21, 1899]

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pastel
adjective
1.	lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"
2.	delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"
noun
1.	any of various pale or light colors

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
pastel [ˈpӕstəl, (American) pӕˈstel] adjective

(of colours) pale, containing a lot of white
Example: a soft pastel green

Arabic:	فاتِح او باهِت اللوْن
Chinese (Simplified):	淡色的，柔和的
Chinese (Traditional):	淡色的，柔和的
Czech:	pastelový
Danish:	pastel-
Dutch:	licht©
Estonian:	pastell-
Finnish:	pastelli-
French:	pastel
German:	Pastell-…
Greek:	παστέλ
Hungarian:	pasztell
Icelandic:	pastellitur
Indonesian:	warna muda
Italian:	pastello

Japanese:	淡色の
Korean:	(색조가) 파스텔조(調)의
Latvian:	pasteļu-
Lithuanian:	pastelinis
Norwegian:	pastell
Polish:	pastelowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	pastel
Portuguese (Portugal):	pastel
Romanian:	pastelat
Russian:	пастельный
Slovak:	pastelový
Slovenian:	pastelen
Spanish:	pastel
Swedish:	pastell
Turkish:	soluk, pastel

pastel1 [ˈpӕstəl, (American) pӕˈstel] noun

a kind of coloured pencil, made with chalk, which makes a pale colour

Arabic:	قَلَم باسْتِل
Chinese (Simplified):	彩色粉笔
Chinese (Traditional):	彩色粉筆
Czech:	pastel
Danish:	pastelfarvekridt
Dutch:	pastelstift
Estonian:	pastellkriit
Finnish:	pastelliliitu
French:	pastel
German:	der Pastellstift
Greek:	παστέλ
Hungarian:	pasztellkréta
Icelandic:	pastellitur, litkrít
Indonesian:	pastel
Italian:	pastello

Japanese:	パステル
Korean:	파스텔 (크레용의 일종)
Latvian:	pastelis, pasteļkrītiņš
Lithuanian:	pastelė
Norwegian:	pastellfarge
Polish:	pastel
Portuguese (Brazil):	pastel
Portuguese (Portugal):	pastel
Romanian:	pastel
Russian:	пастель
Slovak:	pastel
Slovenian:	barvna kreda
Spanish:	pastel
Swedish:	pastellkrita, -färg
Turkish:	pastel boya

pastel2 [ˈpӕstəl, (American) pӕˈstel] noun

a picture drawn with this kind of pencil

Arabic:	صورَة مَرْسومَه بِقَلَم باسْتِل
Chinese (Simplified):	彩色粉笔画
Chinese (Traditional):	彩色粉筆畫
Czech:	pastel
Danish:	pastelmaleri
Dutch:	pasteltekening
Estonian:	pastellmaal
Finnish:	pastellimaalaus
French:	pastel
German:	die Pastellzeichnung
Greek:	ζωγραφιά με παστέλ
Hungarian:	pasztellkép
Icelandic:	pastelmynd; krítarteikning
Indonesian:	lukisan pastel
Italian:	pastello

Japanese:	パステル画
Korean:	파스텔 화
Latvian:	pastelis, pasteļglezna
Lithuanian:	pastelė
Norwegian:	pastellmaleri
Polish:	pastel
Portuguese (Brazil):	pastel
Portuguese (Portugal):	desenho a pastel
Romanian:	pastel
Russian:	рисунок пастелью
Slovak:	pastel
Slovenian:	pastel
Spanish:	pastel
Swedish:	pastellmålning
Turkish:	pastel resim

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Pastel

Pas"tel\, n. [F.; cf. It. pastello. Cf. Pastil.]

1. A crayon made of a paste composed of a color ground with gum water. [Sometimes incorrectly written pastil.] "Charming heads in pastel." --W. Black.

2. (Bot.) A plant affording a blue dye; the woad (Isatis tinctoria); also, the dye itself.

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