pastel

Meanings

1. Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
2. A drawing made with any of those colors.
3. A type of dried paste used to make crayons.
4. A crayon made from such a paste.
5. Woad.

1. A traditional dish in various Latin American countries and in Indonesia, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
2. A Filipino stew made with vegetables, sausages, and chicken or other meat in a creamy sauce.

Etymology

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.