paste

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• /peɪst/
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• rhymes with -eɪst
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• homophone: paced
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpæsteɪ/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑsteɪ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P EY1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσσω (pássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek παστός (pastós) Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)bor. Late Latin pasta Old French pastebor. Middle English paste English paste From Middle English paste, from Old French paste (modern pâte), from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá). Doublet of pasta. The verb is from the noun. Middle English had pasten (“to make a paste of; bake in a pastry”), also from the noun; compare Latin pistō and Medieval Latin pastillātus.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian paste (“pastas”).

Probably an alteration of baste (“beat”) influenced by some sense of the noun.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: লুথুৰী (luthuri) — a soft mixture
• Belarusian: па́ста (pásta) — a soft mixture
• Bulgarian: па́ста (pásta) — a soft mixture
• Chinese Mandarin: 膏 (gāo) — a soft mixture
• Chinese Mandarin: 糊 (hú) — a soft mixture
• West Circassian: тхьацу (tḥacwu) — a soft mixture
• Czech: kaše — a soft mixture
• Czech: pasta — a soft mixture
• Dutch: pasta — a soft mixture
• Finnish: massa — a soft mixture
• French: pâte — a soft mixture
• German: Paste — a soft mixture
• Greek: πολτός (poltós) — a soft mixture
• Greek: αλοιφή (aloifí) — a soft mixture
• Hungarian: paszta — a soft mixture
• Hungarian: krém — a soft mixture
• Hungarian: kenőcs — a soft mixture
• Ido: pasto — a soft mixture
• Irish: taos — a soft mixture
• Irish: leafaos — a soft mixture
• Italian: impasto — a soft mixture
• Latin: intrīta — a soft mixture
• Old English: slyppe — a soft mixture
• Polish: pasta — a soft mixture
• Russian: па́ста (pásta) — a soft mixture
• Spanish: pasta — a soft mixture
• Swedish: pasta — a soft mixture
• Telugu: ముద్ద (mudda) — a soft mixture
• Turkish: macun — a soft mixture
• Ottoman Turkish: معجون (maʼcun) — a soft mixture
• Ottoman Turkish: خرج (harc) — a soft mixture
• Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur) — a soft mixture
• Ukrainian: па́ста (pásta) — a soft mixture
• Bashkir: ҡамыр (qamır) — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Bulgarian: тесто́ (testó) — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Czech: těsto — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Dutch: deeg — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Finnish: taikina — soft mixture used in making pastry
• French: pâte — soft mixture used in making pastry
• German: Teig — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Hungarian: tészta — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Irish: leafaos — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Italian: pasta — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Lithuanian: tešla — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Russian: те́сто (tésto) — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Scottish Gaelic: taois — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Spanish: masa — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Ottoman Turkish: خامور (hamur) — soft mixture used in making pastry
• Belarusian: паштэ́т (paštét) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Bulgarian: пасте́т (pastét) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Czech: pomazánka — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Czech: paštika — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Dutch: pastei — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Finnish: tahna — soft mixture of pounded foods
• French: pâte — soft mixture of pounded foods
• German: Paste — soft mixture of pounded foods
• German: Pastete — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Greek: πολτός (poltós) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Greek: αλοιφή (aloifí) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Hungarian: pástétom — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Irish: leafaos — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Macedonian: паште́та (paštéta) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Malay: pes — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Polish: pasztet — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Russian: паште́т (paštét) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Serbo-Croatian: паште́та — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Serbo-Croatian: paštéta — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Slovak: paštéta — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Slovene: pašteta — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Spanish: paté — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Spanish: budín — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Spanish: pasta — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Ukrainian: паште́т (paštét) — soft mixture of pounded foods
• Bulgarian: лепи́ло (lepílo) — an adhesive paste
• Bulgarian: клей (klej) — an adhesive paste
• Cherokee: ᎦᏯᎸᏗ (gayalvdi) — an adhesive paste
• Czech: lepidlo — an adhesive paste
• Dutch: stijfsel — an adhesive paste
• Esperanto: gluo — an adhesive paste
• Estonian: kliister — an adhesive paste
• Finnish: liisteri — an adhesive paste
• German: Kleister — an adhesive paste
• German: Klebstoff — an adhesive paste
• German: Kitt — an adhesive paste
• Greek: κόλλα (kólla) — an adhesive paste
• Hungarian: csiriz — an adhesive paste
• Irish: taos — an adhesive paste
• Italian: colla — an adhesive paste
• Luxembourgish: Pap — an adhesive paste
• Russian: кле́йстер (kléjster) — an adhesive paste
• Russian: кле́й (kléj) — an adhesive paste
• Scots: batter — an adhesive paste
• Scottish Gaelic: glaodh — an adhesive paste
• Spanish: engrudo — an adhesive paste
• Spanish: cola — an adhesive paste
• Turkish: çiriş — an adhesive paste
• Ottoman Turkish: چریش (çiriş) — an adhesive paste
• Dutch: stras — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Finnish: korulasi — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• French: strass — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• French: stras — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• German: Strass — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Hungarian: strassz — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Italian: strass — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Polish: stras — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Portuguese: strass — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Russian: страз (straz) — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Spanish: pasta — lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone thereof
• Irish: paist — mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded
• Arabic: أَلْصَقَ (ʔalṣaqa) — to cause to stick, adhere
• Bulgarian: залепвам (zalepvam) — to cause to stick, adhere
• Catalan: enganxar — to cause to stick, adhere
• Czech: lepit — to cause to stick, adhere
• Danish: indsætte — to cause to stick, adhere
• Danish: sætte ind — to cause to stick, adhere
• Dutch: plakken — to cause to stick, adhere
• Esperanto: glui — to cause to stick, adhere
• Esperanto: alglui — to cause to stick, adhere
• Finnish: liimata tahnalla — to cause to stick, adhere
• French: coller — to cause to stick, adhere
• Greek: κολλώ (kolló) — to cause to stick, adhere
• Hungarian: ragaszt — to cause to stick, adhere
• Hungarian: tapaszt — to cause to stick, adhere
• Italian: incollare — to cause to stick, adhere
• Italian: attaccare — to cause to stick, adhere
• Latin: agglūtinō — to cause to stick, adhere
• Norman: cliuter — to cause to stick, adhere
• Portuguese: aderir — to cause to stick, adhere
• Portuguese: colar — to cause to stick, adhere
• Scottish Gaelic: glaodh — to cause to stick, adhere
• Spanish: pegar — to cause to stick, adhere
• Spanish: engrudar — to cause to stick, adhere
• Tigrinya: ለጥፍ (läṭf) — to cause to stick, adhere
• Ottoman Turkish: چریشلمك (çirişlemek) — to cause to stick, adhere
• Afrikaans: plak — to insert a piece of media
• Arabic: أَلْصَقَ (ʔalṣaqa) — to insert a piece of media
• Azerbaijani: yapışdırmaq — to insert a piece of media
• Bulgarian: копирам (kopiram) — to insert a piece of media
• Catalan: enganxar — to insert a piece of media
• Chinese Mandarin: 黏貼 /黏贴 (niántiē) — to insert a piece of media
• Czech: vložit — to insert a piece of media
• Dutch: plakken — to insert a piece of media
• Finnish: liittää — to insert a piece of media
• French: coller — to insert a piece of media
• German: einfügen — to insert a piece of media
• Greek: επικολλώ (epikolló) — to insert a piece of media
• Hungarian: beilleszt — to insert a piece of media
• Ido: glutinar — to insert a piece of media
• Italian: incollare — to insert a piece of media
• Latin: agglūtinō — to insert a piece of media
• Māori: whakapiri — to insert a piece of media
• Polish: wklejać — to insert a piece of media
• Portuguese: colar — to insert a piece of media
• Romanian: lipi — to insert a piece of media
• Russian: вставля́ть (vstavljátʹ) — to insert a piece of media
• Russian: вста́вить (vstávitʹ) — to insert a piece of media
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir ann — to insert a piece of media
• Spanish: pegar — to insert a piece of media
• Swedish: klistra in — to insert a piece of media
• Tigrinya: ለጥፍ (läṭf) — to insert a piece of media
• Turkish: yapıştırmak — to insert a piece of media
• Vietnamese: dán — to insert a piece of media