pastis
See also: pastís and paŝtis
English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French pastis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæsˈtiːs/, /pæsˈtɪs/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːs, -ɪs
Noun
pastis (countable and uncountable, plural pastises)
- A liqueur containing aniseed.
Further reading
pastis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan pastis or Old Occitan pastis, pastitz, from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta. Doublet of pastiche, which was taken from Italian pasticcio. Compare also pâtisser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pas.tis/
Audio (file)
Noun
pastis m (plural pastis)
- pastis
- Synonyms: jaune, pastaga
- (figurative, Provence) mess (difficult situation)
- Synonyms: imbroglio, embrouillamini, bordel
Further reading
- “pastis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pissât, pistas
Latin
Pronunciation
- pastīs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tiːs/, [ˈpäs̠t̪iːs̠]
- pastīs: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tis/, [ˈpäst̪is]
- pāstīs: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaːs.tiːs/, [ˈpäːs̠t̪iːs̠]
- pāstīs: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpas.tis/, [ˈpäst̪is]
Noun
pastīs f
- dative/ablative plural of pasta (“paste”)
Participle
pāstīs
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of pāstus (“fed, nourished; having eaten, consumed; grazed, pastured; satisfied, gratified”)
Spanish
Noun
pastis m (plural pastis)
- pastis