I like pastel colors.
Source: tatoeba (5079064)
Pastel
//ˈpæstl̩//
Synonyms for "pastel" (99 found)
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Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
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43 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- պաստել noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- պաստել noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Belarusian
1 entries- пастэ́ль noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Bulgarian
2 entries- пастел noun (drawing made with these colors)
- пастел noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 油畫棒 /油画棒 noun (crayon made from such a paste)
- 粉彩 noun (type of dried paste)
- 粉画 noun (drawing made with these colors)
- 粉畫兒筆 /粉画儿笔 noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Czech
3 entries- barevná křída noun (crayon made from such a paste)
- pastel noun (drawing made with these colors)
- pastelová barva noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
Finnish
4 entries- pastelli noun (drawing made with these colors)
- pastelliliitu noun (crayon made from such a paste)
- pastellisävy noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- pastellityö noun (drawing made with these colors)
French
1 entries- pastel noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Georgian
1 entries- პასტელი noun (crayon made from such a paste)
German
1 entries- Pastellfarbe noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
Hungarian
2 entries- pasztell noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- pasztellkréta noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Japanese
2 entries- パステル noun (crayon made from such a paste)
- パステルカラー noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
Korean
1 entries- 파스텔 noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Polish
4 entries- pastel noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- pastel noun (drawing made with these colors)
- pastel noun (type of dried paste)
- pastel noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Portuguese
4 entries- pastel noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- pastel noun (drawing made with these colors)
- pastel noun (type of dried paste)
- pastel noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Russian
4 entries- пасте́ль noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
- пасте́ль noun (drawing made with these colors)
- пасте́ль noun (type of dried paste)
- пасте́ль noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Turkish
1 entries- pastel noun (any of several subdued tints of colors)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пасте́ль noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phấn tiên noun (type of dried paste)
Yiddish
2 entries- פּאַסטעל noun (drawing made with these colors)
- פּאַסטעל־קרײַדל noun (crayon made from such a paste)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Madame de Pompadour liked pastel colors and floral patterns.
Source: tatoeba (8187107)
Wool was dyed in the pastel vat.
Source: wiktionary
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