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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastille. Doublet of pastegh.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pæs?til/

Noun

pastille (countable and uncountable, plural pastilles)

1. A soft flavoured sweet/candy.
2. A medicinal pill, originally compressed herbs. A throat pastille is a large candy-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases oils to soothe a sore throat and sometimes vapors to help unblock the nose or sinuses.
3. A small granular half-spheroid piece of material.
4. A small cone of charcoal and aromatic substances, burned either as incense, or as a means of diffusing an agreeable odour.
5. A paper tube containing a firework that causes a small wheel to rotate in burning.
6. (art, obsolete) Alternative form of pastel

Synonyms

• (medicinal pill): lozenge

Related terms

• pastillation
• pastillator

Translations

See also

• List of foods named after people

References

• “pastille”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• pastille at 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.tij/

Noun

pastille f (plural pastilles)

1. (archaic) small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air
2. pastille, lozenge, drop (medicinal or candy)

3. lozenge-shaped figure in a design
4. 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

Further reading

• “pastille” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).