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pastiche.

pastiche

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pas.tiʃ/

  1. pastiche

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastis, which was borrowed through Occitan.

verb/pas.tiʃ/

  1. inflection of pasticher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of pasticher: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian pasticcio (“pie, something blended”), from Vulgar Latin *pastīcius, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastis, which was borrowed through Occitan.

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