pastiche
Spanish, noun/pasˈtit͡ʃe/
pastiche is spelled P-A-S-T-I-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastiche is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plagio o imitación que consiste en tomar determinadas características de la obra de un artista y combinarlas…”.
What does pastiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plagio o imitación que consiste en tomar determinadas características de la obra de un artista y combinarlas, de forma que den la impresión de ser una creación independiente. 2. Etapa o condición del desarrollo humano basada en la imitación literal de un modelo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pastiche
- pastiches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastiche?
- /pasˈtit͡ʃe/
- [pasˈt̪i.t͡ʃe]
- [pasˈt̪it͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pastiche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pastiche in Spanish?
pastiche appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).