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Meaning of "pastille" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PASTILLE

Via French from Latin pastillus small loaf, from pānis bread.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PASTILLE

pastille  [ˈpæstɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PASTILLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pastille is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PASTILLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pastille

Pastille

A Pastille is a type of sweet or medicinal pill made of a thick liquid that has been solidified and is meant to be consumed by light chewing and allowing it to dissolve in the mouth. They are also used to describe certain forms of incense. A pastille is also known as a "troche", or a medicated lozenge that dissolves like candy.

Definition of pastille in the English dictionary

The first definition of pastille in the dictionary is a small flavoured or medicated lozenge for chewing. Other definition of pastille is an aromatic substance burnt to fumigate the air. Pastille is also a small coated paper disc formerly used to estimate the dose or intensity of radiation : it changes colour when exposed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PASTILLE


apostil
əˈpɒstɪl
apostille
əˈpɒstɪl
bestill
bɪˈstɪl
instil
ɪnˈstɪl
instill
ɪnˈstɪl
pastil
ˈpæstɪl
pistil
ˈpɪstɪl
postil
ˈpɒstɪl
redistil
ˌriːdɪˈstɪl
standstill
ˈstændˌstɪl
still
stɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PASTILLE

pasteurized
pasteurizer
pasticcio
pastiche
pasticheur
pastie
pastier
pasties
pastiest
pastil
pastily
pastime
pastina
pastiness
pasting
pastis
pastitsio
pastitso
pastless
pastness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PASTILLE

andouille
Bastille
Brazzaville
famille
fille
Granville
grille
Huntsville
Jacksonville
Knoxville
Lille
Louisville
marseille
Melville
Nashville
pointille
quadrille
Seville
Somerville
taille

Synonyms and antonyms of pastille in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PASTILLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pastille» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pastille

Translation of «pastille» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PASTILLE

Find out the translation of pastille to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pastille from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pastille» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锭剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pastilla
570 millions of speakers

English

pastille
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अगरबत्ती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مصيصة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пастила
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pastilha
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙের পেন্সিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pastille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pastille
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pastille
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トローチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

향정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pastille
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kẹo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pastille
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेस्टल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pastil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pastiglia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pastylki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пастила
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bezele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παστίλια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pastille
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pastill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pastill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pastille

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PASTILLE»

The term «pastille» is regularly used and occupies the 80.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PASTILLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pastille» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pastille» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pastille

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PASTILLE»

Discover the use of pastille in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pastille and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Porcelain Pastille Burners
Pastille burners are porcelain nineteenth century cottages, varying in architectural design, which held pastilles made by the still room maids and when lit, their perfume combated unpleasant odours in Victorian homes.
Robert Devereux, Vega Wilkinson, 2005
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The Small Dispensatory
Generic and/or 'Trade' Names of Drugs The symbol + before a number indicates that the corresponding drug name is mentioned in the context of this recipe. jruit ( cataplasm) 265 fuldrhiyun (cataplasm) 259 fusuludus (pastille) 186 Galmus.
Sābūr Ibn Sahl, Oliver Kahl, 2003
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Theory, Analysis and Meaning in Music
Consequently, 'the highest praise paid today to a musical artwork is to say that the work is "organically" built'.9 The crux of Schenker's objection, as William Pastille points out, is that without a true 'causal nexus' there can be no legitimate talk of ...
Anthony Pople, 2006
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Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: ...
And know that citramarine1 azure must be refined by a ley and not by a pastille, because it is coarse and not heavy, and cannot be extracted in any manner by means of a pastille, or otherwise than by a good ley impregnated with Roman soap, ...
Mrs. Mary P. Merrifield, 1999
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The World of Pharmacy and Pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo
qurs al-aqāqiyā qurs li-man yataqayaʾ taʿāmahu qurs tabāshīr hummādī acacia pastille pastille for one who vomits his food good for spitting blood and hemorrhage against nausea bamboo-sugar pastille with sorrel purgative, strengthens the ...
Leigh Chipman, 2010
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Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting: ...
And know that citramarine' azure must be refined by a ley and not by a pastille, because it is coarse and not heavy, and cannot be extracted in any manner by means of a pastille, or otherwise than by a good ley impregnated with Roman soap, ...
Mary P. Merrifield, 2012
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Negotiating Asylum: The Eu Acquis, Extraterritorial ...
Indeed, Ziihlke and Pastille have suggested that, in the absence of a predetermined superiority of certain rights, all rights are principally capable of possessing non-refoulement properties.1"8 However, the extent to which they do so is to be ...
Gregor Noll, 2000
8
Limoges Porcelain Boxes: A Complete Guide
Pastille burners: In England in the 18th and 19th centuries, a variation of the pastille burner was the cottage pastille burner, which was used due to continuing conditions of poor ventilation and cleanliness. These were made in the shape of  ...
Faye Strumpf, 2011
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Sporting magazine
The Oaks Stakes of 50gs. each, h. ft. for three-year-old fillies, 8st- 41b. Forty. two subscribers. Duke of Grafton's b. f. Pastille, by Ru* . bens . • 1 The Duke of York's (Major Wilson's) f. by Rubens, out of Tippitywitchet 2 Lord G. H. Cavendish's b. f. ...
‎1822
10
The Stability and Shelf-Life of Food
The sensory results showed that pastille 2 had a hard initial bite but softened fairly quickly on chewing; pastille 1 had a hard initial bite and continued to be tough during chewing; pastille 3 was found to have a soft initial bite and remained soft ...
D Kilcast, P Subramaniam, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PASTILLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pastille is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vicky Pattison has a dig at Geordie Shore – says she needed better …
... Made In Chelsea might get offices and interns, but in the old days, La Pattison had to hustle for dollar while dressed as a giant Fruit Pastille. «heatworld, Jul 15»
2
Live it up in French style
Or, dark chocolate pastille with caremelised mango and Tahitian vanilla ice cream. Make it an occasion, though, because it costs at least a R1 ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
3
Vicky Pattison shaves almost 10cm off her waist in THREE DAYS …
... Made In Chelsea might get offices and interns, but in the old days, La Pattison had to hustle for dollar while dressed as a giant Fruit Pastille. «heatworld, Jul 15»
4
Pastille la vista, baby – I'm off to the dentist
I blame a Fruit Pastille. Or maybe two. Oh all right, then – perhaps three. In my part-time job as a delivery driver, I have this little ritual. When I've ... «Lynn News, Jul 15»
5
Mitsuoka Viewt Nadeshiko Is a Nisan Micra That Looks Like the …
The Viewt Nadeshiko, as this pastille colored car is called, is developed by Mitsuoka Motors, the same company that gave us the Orochi. «autoevolution, Jul 15»
6
Parsing Zin
Frank Family 2012 Napa Valley Zinfandel ($37) As with the renowned Cab, so goes the Zin: Napa rounds the edges off Zin. A raspberry pastille ... «North Bay Bohemian, Jul 15»
7
Morgan proud to serve Wimbledon style and comfort
Working with their Estates Department, Morgan provided tables and seating designs from the Brompton, Lima, Lucca, Boston & Pastille ... «Hotel Designs, Jul 15»
8
Wine: The Argentinian connection
Perfumed with black pastille fruity scents. Delicious blackberry flavours with a subtle French oak spice and silky smooth tannins delivering a ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
9
"Versatile", la vidéo pop et décalée de Goyard
La maison française met en scène sa nouvelle création, le sac Anjou, dans une vidéo ludique aux accents pop art. Une pastille visuelle ... «VOGUE.fr, Jul 15»
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Mystery of the missing engagement ring
My daughter calls it the “sweet” ring because of its resemblance to a fruit pastille. (I almost wrote “called it”, so sure was I that it was lost for ever) ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pastille [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pastille>. Apr 2024 ».
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