el

masculine

/pasˈtel/

#1210 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

cake

Word origin

Borrowed from Old French pastel, from Late Latin pastellus, a diminutive of pasta ('paste, dough'), from Greek pasta ('barley porridge').

Origin: Latin
Root: pasta
English cognates: pastry, paste, pasta

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralpasteles

Examples

My mother makes a very tasty chocolate cake.

The birthday cake has seven candles.

We had cake after dinner.

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Would you like a piece of cake?

Apple cake is my favourite.

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This word is part of lesson 25.