noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/pæˈstiːʃ/
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rhymes with -iːʃ
CMU ARPABET:P AE2 S T IY1 SH
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A work of art, drama, literature, music, or architecture that imitates the work of a previous artist, usually in a positive or neutral way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A musical medley, typically quoting other works.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
This supposed research paper is a pastiche of passages from unrelated sources.
The house failed to attract a buyer because the decor was a pastiche of Bohemian and Scandinavian styles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A postmodern playwriting technique that fuses a variety of styles, genres, and story lines to create a new form.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
To create or compose in a mixture of styles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
a work of art that imitates the style of some previous work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: work of art
7
noun
Meaning 7
a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medley, potpourri
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Etymology
Via French pastiche, from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pasticcio.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
pastitx
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Czech:
pastiš
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Danish:
pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Dutch:
pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Esperanto:
pastiĉo
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Finnish:
pastissi
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
French:
pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
German:
Pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Japanese:
パスティーシュ
(pasutīshu)
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Korean:
파스티슈
(paseutisyu)
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Norwegian:
pastisj
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Polish:
pastisz
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Portuguese:
pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Portuguese:
pasticho
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Romanian:
pastișă
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Russian:
стилиза́ция
(stilizácija)
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Russian:
пасти́ш
(pastíš)
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Russian:
имита́ция
(imitácija)
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Spanish:
pastiche
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Swedish:
pastisch
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Turkish:
pastiş
— work that imitates the work of a previous artist
Danish:
potpourri
— musical medley
Esperanto:
pastiĉo
— musical medley
Finnish:
potpuri
— musical medley
French:
pastiche
— musical medley
German:
Potpourri
— musical medley
Portuguese:
pot-pourri
— musical medley
Russian:
попурри́
(popurrí)
— musical medley
Catalan:
pastitx
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
Dutch:
mengelmoes
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
Esperanto:
mikspoto
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
Finnish:
sekasotku
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
Russian:
мешани́на
(mešanína)
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge
Russian:
смесь
(smesʹ)
— incongruous mixture; a hodgepodge