noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpeɪstɹi/
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rhymes with -eɪstɹi
CMU ARPABET:P EY1 S T R IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A place where pastry is made.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The act or art of making pastry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
Desserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: culinary industry
Examples
I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baked goods
Narrower terms: pie crust, pie shell, dowdy, pandowdy, frangipane, streusel, tart, timbale, timbale case, pie, French pastry, patty shell, bouchee, sausage roll, toad-in-the-hole, vol-au-vent, strudel, baklava, profiterole, puff, rugulah, rugelach, ruggelach
8
noun
Meaning 8
a dough of flour and water and shortening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pastry dough
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dough
Narrower terms: puff paste, pate feuillete
History
Etymology
From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Spanish:
pastelito
— baked food item
Spanish:
pastelillo
— baked food item
Arabic:
مُعَجَّنَات
(muʕajjanāt)
— food group
Armenian:
թխվածք
(tʻxvackʻ)
— food group
Armenian:
խմորեղեն
(xmoreġen)
— food group
Azerbaijani:
xəmir xörəyi
— food group
Azerbaijani:
xəmiraşı
— food group
Azerbaijani:
bişinti
— food group
Belarusian:
піро́г
(piróh)
— food group
Breton:
kwignoù
— food group
Bulgarian:
тестено изделие
(testeno izdelie)
— food group
Bulgarian:
сладкиш
(sladkiš)
— food group
Bulgarian:
сладки
(sladki)
— food group
Bulgarian:
соленка
(solenka)
— food group
Catalan:
pastissos
— food group
Chinese Cantonese:
糕餅 /糕饼
(gou1 beng2)
— food group
Chinese Mandarin:
糕點 /糕点
(gāodiǎn)
— food group
Chinese Mandarin:
點心 /点心
(diǎnxin)
— food group
Chinese Mandarin:
糕餅 /糕饼
(gāobǐng)
— food group
Cornish:
hogen
— food group
Czech:
pečivo
— food group
Danish:
bagværk
— food group
Dutch:
gebak
— food group
Dutch:
banket
— food group
Esperanto:
farunaĵo
— food group
Estonian:
saiake
— food group
Faroese:
baksturvøra
— food group
Finnish:
leivos
— food group
Finnish:
leivonnaiset
— food group
Finnish:
konditoriatuotteet
— food group
French:
pâtisserie
— food group
Galician:
pastel
— food group
Georgian:
საკონდიტრო ნაწარმი
(saḳondiṭro nac̣armi)
— food group
German:
Backwerk
— food group
German:
Gebäck
— food group
German:
Feingebäck
— food group
Greek:
αρτοσκεύασμα
(artoskévasma)
— food group
Greek:
γλύκισμα
(glýkisma)
— food group
Hebrew:
מאפה
(ma'afé)
— food group
Hungarian:
sütemény
— food group
Hungarian:
cukrászsütemény
— food group
Icelandic:
bakkelsi
— food group
Indonesian:
kue
— food group
Indonesian:
pastri
— food group
Indonesian:
patiseri
— food group
Irish:
taosrán
— food group
Irish:
pastae
— food group
Italian:
pasticceria
— food group
Italian:
paste
— food group
Japanese:
菓子
(kashi)
— food group
Japanese:
ペースト
(pēsuto)
— food group
Japanese:
ペーストリー
(pēsutorī)
— food group
Korean:
페이스트리
(peiseuteuri)
— food group
Korean:
빵과자
(ppanggwaja)
— food group
Latin:
crustum
— food group
Latin:
lucuns
— food group
Latin:
lucunculus
— food group
Macedonian:
печиво
(pečivo)
— food group
Malay:
pastri
— food group
Māori:
huapōhā
— food group
Norwegian Bokmål:
bakverk
— food group
Persian:
شیرینی
— food group
Polish:
pieczywo cukiernicze
— food group
Polish:
słodki wypiek
— food group
Portuguese:
pastelaria
— food group
Russian:
вы́печка
(výpečka)
— food group
Russian:
мучны́е конди́терские изде́лия
(mučnýje kondíterskije izdélija)
— food group
Serbo-Croatian:
пе̏цӣво
— food group
Serbo-Croatian:
pȅcīvo
— food group
Slovak:
pečivo
— food group
Spanish:
pastel
— food group
Spanish:
pastelería
— food group
Swedish:
bakverk
— food group
Swedish:
bakelse
— food group
Taos:
pòstaléna
— food group
Turkish:
hamur işi
— food group
Ukrainian:
ви́пічка
(výpička)
— food group
Welsh:
teisen
— food group
Welsh:
cacen
— food group
Chinese Mandarin:
油酥面團 /油酥面团
(yóusū miàntuán)
— type of dough
Cornish:
past
— type of dough
Finnish:
torttutaikina
— type of dough
Finnish:
pullataikina
— type of dough
Finnish:
murotaikina
— type of dough
German:
Gebäckteig
— type of dough
Hungarian:
édes tészta
— type of dough
Italian:
impasto
— type of dough
Korean:
페이스트리 반죽
(peiseuteuri banjuk)
— type of dough
