pastille

Meaning

1. An often round and somewhat flat flavoured candy or sweet.
2. Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
3. (historical, specifically) Any small, usually round and somewhat flat, granular piece of material; a tablet.
4. (historical) A medicinal pill, originally made of compressed herbs.
5. A candy- or sweet-like lozenge, which, when sucked, releases substances that soothe a sore throat, and sometimes vapours to help unblock the nose or sinuses.

Synonyms

lozenge

pastil

cough drop

troche

cachou

tablet

Translations

pastille

Pastille

pastilla

pastilla

💊

pasticca

pastille

pastiglia

pastilha

παστίλια

حربوش

Pastila

δισκίο

μικρός κώνος θυμιάματος

القرص السكري

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpæst(ɪ)l/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pastil

In summary

Partly from the following:
* From Late Middle English pastil, pastill (“crushed leek leaves; vegetable pulp”), borrowed from Old French pastel, probably from Latin pastillus, pastillum (“small bread roll; lozenge to freshen breath; medicated lozenge”), possibly from pāstus (“fed, nourished; consumed; having eaten; of an animal: driven to pasture, pastured; having browsed or grazed”) + -illus (diminutive suffix). Pāstus is the perfect passive participle of pāscō (“to feed, nourish; to maintain, support; of an animal: to drive to pasture, pasture; to browse, graze”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”).
* Borrowed from French pastille (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air; pellet, pill”), and from its etymon Spanish pastilla (“candy or medicinal lozenge; small fragrant pellet burnt to perfume the air”), from Latin pastillus, pastillum; see above.
Doublet of pastegh, pastel, pastiglia, pastila, and pastilla.