"pasty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpeɪsti/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pasty (adj).wav [Southern-England] Forms: pastier [comparative], pastiest [superlative]
enPR: pāst'i Rhymes: -eɪsti Etymology: From paste + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paste|y}} paste + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} pasty (comparative pastier, superlative pastiest)
  1. Like paste, sticky. Translations (like paste, sticky): клисав (klisav) (Bulgarian), pasteus (Dutch), taosach (Irish), pastoso (Portuguese), pegajoso (Portuguese), viscoso (Portuguese), pastoso (Spanish), pegajoso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pasty-en-adj-H7H5vsJR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 1 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 16 1 35 29 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 18 3 30 30 Disambiguation of 'like paste, sticky': 97 2 1
  2. pale, lacking colour, having a pallor Translations (pale, lacking colour): бледен (bleden) (Bulgarian), bleek (Dutch), kalpea (Finnish), pálido (Portuguese), pálido (Spanish), opaco (Spanish), blek (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pasty-en-adj-Xg42OyV- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 1 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 16 1 35 29 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 18 3 30 30 Disambiguation of 'pale, lacking colour': 3 94 3
  3. (slang, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) white-skinned Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-pasty-en-adj-Q2ByjxHJ Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pastie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpeɪsti/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pasty (adj).wav [Southern-England] Forms: pasties [plural]
enPR: pāst'i Rhymes: -eɪsti Etymology: From paste + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|paste|y}} paste + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} pasty (plural pasties)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers. Tags: in-plural Related terms: paste Translations (a covering for the nipple): 乳貼 (Chinese Mandarin), 乳贴 (rǔtiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 胸貼 (Chinese Mandarin), 胸贴 (xiōngtiē) (Chinese Mandarin), tepellapje [neuter] (Dutch), nännisuoja (Finnish), ニプレス (nipuresu) (Japanese), ニップレス (nippuresu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-pasty-en-noun-xSnXRDaY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 1 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 16 1 35 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 13 1 47 23 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 18 3 30 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 26 26 5 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pastie
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpæsti/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑːsti/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pasty (verb).wav [Southern-England] Forms: pasties [plural]
enPR: păstʹi, pästʹi Rhymes: -æsti, -ɑːsti Etymology: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|paste}} Middle English paste, {{der|en|xno|paste}} Anglo-Norman paste, {{der|en|fro|pasté}} Old French pasté, {{doublet|en|patty}} Doublet of patty Head templates: {{en-noun}} pasty (plural pasties)
  1. A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape. Categories (topical): Pies Derived forms: Cornish pasty, Karelian pasty, nasty pasty, party pasty, Pastygate, pasty tax, windy pasty Related terms: meat pie, sausage roll, BBC: Who, What, Why: What exactly is a Cornish pasty? Translations (A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie): пастет (pastet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 餡餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 馅饼 (xiànbǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), pasti (Cornish), pastei [feminine] (Dutch), pasteija (Finnish), piirakka (Finnish), empanada [feminine] (Galician), μπουρέκι (bouréki) [neuter] (Greek), pastae [masculine] (Irish), пирожо́к (pirožók) [masculine] (Russian), piroh [masculine] (Slovak), empanada [feminine] (Spanish), pastai [feminine] (Welsh), pasten [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pasty-en-noun-zdzOndqQ Disambiguation of Pies: 16 16 5 21 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 1 37 34 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 16 1 35 29 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 20 18 3 30 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pastie
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He is pasty-faced."
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          "ref": "1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, Pushcart Press, page 29",
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          "ref": "2001, Irene Pence, Buried Memories, Kensington Publishing Corporation, page 52",
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          "ref": "2004 February 2, Jake Drake, “Janet Jackson and American Slut Culture”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet)",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "păstʹi"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "pästʹi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pastie"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pastet",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пастет"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "word": "餡餅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiànbǐng",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "word": "馅饼"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "word": "pasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pastei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "word": "pasteija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "word": "piirakka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empanada"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bouréki",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μπουρέκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastae"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pirožók",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пирожо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piroh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "empanada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pastai"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "A type of seasoned meat and vegetable pie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasten"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Pasty"
  ],
  "word": "pasty"
}

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