pastille

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæst(ɪ)l/ (General American) IPA(key): /pæsˈtil/ Rhymes: -ɪl (GA pronunciation) Hyphenation: past‧ille ==== Noun ==== pastille (plural pastilles) A flavoured candy or sweet, often round and somewhat flat in shape. Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet. (specifically, historical) A small pellet containing aromatic substances, burned to diffuse a fragrance or to disinfect or fumigate. (pharmacy) (historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs. 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. Synonyms: cough drop, troche ===== Alternative forms ===== pastil (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== pastille (third-person singular simple present pastilles, present participle pastilling, simple past and past participle pastilled) (transitive) To make into a pastille. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === See pastel. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæstl̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /pæsˈtɛl/ Rhymes: -æstəl, -ɛl Hyphenation: past‧ille ==== Noun ==== pastille (plural pastilles) (obsolete, art) Nonstandard spelling of pastel (“a crayon made from a type of dried paste; a drawing made using such crayons”). === References === === Further reading === pastille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “pastille”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === palliest, stipella == French == === Etymology === From Spanish pastilla (“small roll of fragrant dough”), from Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), a diminutive form of pasta (“dough, paste”). Doublet of pastel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pas.tij/ === Noun === pastille f (plural pastilles) (archaic) small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air pastille, lozenge, drop (medicinal or candy) lozenge-shaped figure in a design the conductive part of a printed circuit board that components are fixed to ==== Derived terms ==== pastillage pastillette pastilleur pastilleux pastille de gomme ==== Related terms ==== pâte pastel ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: pastilă → Turkish: pastil === Further reading === “pastille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012