Meanings
plural pastries
- countableA baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
That pastry shop sells not just pastries, but all kinds of baked goods.
- uncountableThe food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
That pastry shop sells not just pastry, but all kinds of baked goods.
- uncountableThe type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- countableobsoleteA place where pastry is made.
They call for dates and quinces in the pastry.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], line 2 - uncountableThe act or art of making pastry.
He learned pastry from the great Gaston Lenôtre.
- uncountableculinary industryDesserts of all kinds, whether or not these incorporate the baked item made from flour and fat, or that section of a kitchen that prepares these.
I used to work in the fish section, but now I've been moved to pastry.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπαστά
- Late Latinpasta
- Medieval Latinpasteria
- Old Frenchpastaierie
- Middle Englishpastre
- Englishpastry
From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُعَجَّنَات
- مُعَجَّنَات (muʕajjanāt)food group
Bulgarian тестено изделие, сладкиш
- тестено изделие (testeno izdelie)food group
- сладкиш (sladkiš)food group
- сладки (sladki)food group
- соленка (solenka)food group
Catalan pastissos
- pastissosfood group
Chinese Cantonese 糕餅 /糕饼
- 糕餅 /糕饼 (gou¹ beng²)food group
Chinese Mandarin 糕點 /糕点, 點心 /点心
- 糕點 /糕点 (gāodiǎn)food group
- 點心 /点心 (diǎnxin)food group
- 糕餅 /糕饼 (gāobǐng)food group
- 油酥面團 /油酥面团 (yóusū miàntuán)type of dough
Czech pečivo
- pečivofood group
Danish bagværk
- bagværkfood group
Dutch gebak, banket
- gebakfood group
- banketfood group
Esperanto farunaĵo
- farunaĵofood group
Estonian saiake
- saiakefood group
Finnish leivos, leivonnaiset
- leivosfood group
- leivonnaisetfood group
- konditoriatuotteetfood group
- torttutaikinatype of dough
- pullataikinatype of dough
- murotaikinatype of dough
French pâtisserie
- pâtisseriefood group
German Backwerk, Gebäck
- Backwerkfood group
- Gebäckfood group
- Feingebäckfood group
- Gebäckteigtype of dough
Greek αρτοσκεύασμα, γλύκισμα
- αρτοσκεύασμα (artoskévasma)food group
- γλύκισμα (glýkisma)food group
Hebrew מאפה
- מאפה (ma'afé)food group
Hungarian sütemény, cukrászsütemény
- süteményfood group
- cukrászsüteményfood group
- édes tésztatype of dough
Icelandic bakkelsi
- bakkelsifood group
Indonesian kue, pastri
- kuefood group
- pastrifood group
- patiserifood group
Irish taosrán, pastae
- taosránfood group
- pastaefood group
Italian pasticceria, paste
- pasticceriafood group
- pastefood group
- impastotype of dough
Japanese 菓子, ペースト
- 菓子 (kashi)food group
- ペースト (pēsuto)food group
- ペーストリー (pēsutorī)food group
Korean 페이스트리, 빵과자
- 페이스트리 (peiseuteuri)food group
- 빵과자 (ppanggwaja)food group
- 페이스트리 반죽 (peiseuteuri banjuk)type of dough
Latin crustum, lucuns
- crustumfood group
- lucunsfood group
- lucunculusfood group
Malay pastri
- pastrifood group
Māori huapōhā, pōhā
- huapōhāfood group
- pōhātype of dough
- pēhitype of dough
Norwegian Bokmål bakverk, butterdeig
- bakverkfood group
- butterdeigtype of dough
Persian شیرینی
- شیرینیfood group
Polish ciastko, pieczywo cukiernicze
- ciastkobaked food item
- pieczywo cukierniczefood group
- słodkie wypiekifood group
- ciastotype of dough
Portuguese pastelaria
- pastelariafood group
Russian вы́печка, мучны́е конди́терские изде́лия
- вы́печка (výpečka)food group
- мучны́е конди́терские изде́лия (mučnýje kondíterskije izdélija)food group
Slovak pečivo
- pečivofood group
Spanish pastelito, pastelillo
- pastelitobaked food item
- pastelillobaked food item
- pastelfood group
- pasteleríafood group
Swedish bakverk, bakelse
- bakverkfood group
- bakelsefood group
Turkish hamur işi
- hamur işifood group
Ukrainian ви́пічка
- ви́пічка (výpička)food group
Welsh teisen, cacen
- teisenfood group
- cacenfood group
- toestype of dough
- crwsttype of dough
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pastry
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Cite this entry
pastry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastry
“pastry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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