Pastoral

//ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl//

Synonyms for "pastoral" (295 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Strong matches (89)

Related words (147)

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Translations

39 translations across 13 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βουκολικός adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • пастирски adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • пасторски adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • пасторал noun (poem)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 主教的 adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • 牧人的 adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • 田园诗 noun (poem)

Dutch

4 entries
  • pastoraal adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • herderlijke brief noun (letter of a pastor)
  • pastorale noun (poem)
  • pastorale noun (cantata)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pastra adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)

Finnish

4 entries
  • paimen adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • papillinen adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • pastoraalinen adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • paimenkirje noun (letter of a pastor)

French

2 entries
  • pastoral adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • pastoral adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)

Greek

3 entries
  • βουκολικός adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • ποιμαντικός adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • ποιμενικός adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Polish

4 entries
  • duszpasterski adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • pasterski adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • pasterski adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • pastoralny adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • pastoral adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • pastoral adj (relating to the care of souls, or to the pastor of a church)
  • pastoril adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Russian

3 entries
  • пастуший adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)
  • пастора́ль noun (poem)
  • пастора́ль noun (cantata)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pastoral adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pastoral adj (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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No trace of Napoleon's waltz across Europe appears in the pastoral novels of Jane Austen.

Source: tatoeba (2099959)

Their sports were of a childish, pastoral character; Chloe would neglect her flock to roam in search of day-lilies, the stalks of which she twisted into traps for locusts; while Daphnis often played from morn till eve upon a pipe, which he had formed of slender reeds, perforating them between their joints, and securing them together with soft wax.

Source: tatoeba (6212386)

They threw up over his grave a large pile of earth, round which they planted several trees, and upon these they hung the first-fruits of their autumnal labours. Then they poured upon the grave libations of milk and juice pressed from the grapes, and broke many pastoral pipes.

Source: tatoeba (6212578)

And indeed, not only upon that day but during the remainder of their lives, did Daphnis and Chloe lead a pastoral life, gathering together large herds and flocks, paying especial worship to the Nymphs, to Pan, and to the God of Love, and finding no food more delicious than the fruits of autumn, and the milk of their flocks.

Source: tatoeba (6213471)

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