pastiche
Portuguese, noun/pasˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/
pastiche is spelled P-A-S-T-I-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,020th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pastiche is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “obra artística em que se imita abertamente o estilo de outros escritores, pintores, músicos, etc”.
What does pastiche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepastiche (work that imitates the work of a previous artist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. obra artística em que se imita abertamente o estilo de outros escritores, pintores, músicos, etc
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pastiche
- pastiches plural
- pasticho alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pastiche?
- Brazil /pasˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/
- /paʃˈt͡ʃi.ʃi/
- Portugal /pɐʃˈti.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
pastiche appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).