Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wastel

/ˈwɑstəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wastel
IPA: /ˈwɑstəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of fine white bread or cake.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the simnel bread and wastel cakes, which were only used at the tables of the highest nobility"

Etymology

From Middle English wastel, from Old French wastel, gastel (> French gâteau), from Late Latin wastellum, from Frankish *wastil, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“sustenance, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to be”). Cognate with Middle High German wastel (“a kind of bread”). Compare Old High German wist (“food”) and Old English wist (“food”). Doublet of gateau.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₂wes-, wastel, wastellum, *wastil, *wes-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɑstəl/
British English: /ˈwɒstəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

wastels (plural)

Synonyms

wastel bread wastel cake

Questions

How do you pronounce wastel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑstəl/.
What does wastel mean?: A kind of fine white bread or cake.
Where does wastel come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce wastel

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “wastel”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈwɑstəl/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “wastel”.
Repeat and practice — Say “wastel” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.