pastello

  • 81pastel — pas•tel [[t]pæˈstɛl[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈpæs tl[/t]] n. 1) a color having a soft, subdued shade 2) fia a dried paste made of ground pigment and compounded with gum water 3) fia a crayon made from such paste 4) fia the art of drawing with such… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 82ПАСТЕЛЬ. — Из фр. яз. в XVIII в. Фр. pastel < ит. pastello «цветной карандаш» производное от pasta «тесто» (цветные карандаши делались из сухих красок на тесте) …

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  • 83Pastell — Pastell: Die Technik, Bilder mit Pastellfarben, d. h. mit trockenen (aus einer Mischung von Gips, Kreide und Ton, Farbstoffen und einem Bindemittel hergestellten) Farben, zu malen, ist eine italienische Erfindung des 15./16. Jh.s, die in der… …

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  • 84pastel — I. /ˈpæstl / (say pastl) noun 1. a soft, subdued shade. 2. a kind of dried paste used for crayons, made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water. 3. a crayon made with such paste. 4. the art of drawing with such crayons. 5. a… …

  • 85Пастель — (франц. pastel, от итал. pastello, уменшит. от pasta тесто) 1) Цв. карандаши без оправы, спрессованные из красочного порошка (пигменты с добавлением гуммиарабика, трагаканта, а также молока, мела, гипса и т. д.). 2) Произв. живописи, выполненное… …

    Российский гуманитарный энциклопедический словарь

  • 86pastel — ► NOUN 1) a crayon made of powdered pigments bound with gum or resin. 2) a picture created using pastels. 3) a pale shade of a colour. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a colour) pale. DERIVATIVES pastellist (also pastelist) noun …

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  • 87pastelist — pastel ► NOUN 1) a crayon made of powdered pigments bound with gum or resin. 2) a picture created using pastels. 3) a pale shade of a colour. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a colour) pale. DERIVATIVES pastellist (also pastelist) noun …

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  • 88pastellist — pastel ► NOUN 1) a crayon made of powdered pigments bound with gum or resin. 2) a picture created using pastels. 3) a pale shade of a colour. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a colour) pale. DERIVATIVES pastellist (also pastelist) noun …

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  • 89paste — [14] Greek pástē denoted a sort of ‘porridge made from barley’ (it was a derivative of the verb pássein ‘sprinkle’). Late Latin borrowed it as pasta, by which time it had come to mean ‘dough’. From this were descended Italian pasta (acquired by… …

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  • 90pastel — [pas tel′] n. [Fr < It pastello < VL * pastellum, dim. of LL pasta,PASTE] 1. a) ground coloring matter mixed with gum and formed into a crayon b) such a crayon 2. a picture drawn with such crayons 3. drawing with pastels as an art form or… …

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