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Yes. The word pastoral is a Scrabble US word. The word pastoral is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PASTORAL,

7-letter words (5 found)

ALASTOR,PARASOL,PATROLS,PORTALS,TAPALOS,

6-letter words (23 found)

ALTARS,AORTAL,AORTAS,ASPORT,ASTRAL,PAROLS,PASTOR,PATROL,PLOATS,POLARS,PORTAL,PORTAS,POSTAL,RATALS,SAPOTA,SATRAP,SORTAL,SPORAL,TALARS,TALPAS,TAPALO,TARSAL,TOLARS,

5-letter words (77 found)

ALAPS,ALTAR,ALTOS,AORTA,APART,APORT,ARPAS,ARTAL,ASPRO,ATAPS,ATLAS,LOAST,LOTAS,LOTSA,OPALS,ORALS,PAALS,PALAS,PALSA,PARAS,PAROL,PARTS,PASTA,PLAAS,PLAST,PLATS,PLOAT,PLOTS,POLAR,POLTS,PORAL,PORTA,PORTS,PRAOS,PRATS,PROAS,PROST,PSORA,RASTA,RATAL,RATAS,RATOS,ROAST,ROTAL,ROTAS,ROTLS,SALAT,SALOP,SALPA,SALTO,SAOLA,SAPOR,SLART,SOLAR,SOPRA,SORAL,SORTA,SPALT,SPART,SPLAT,SPORT,SPRAT,STRAP,STROP,TAALS,TALAR,TALAS,TALPA,TAPAS,TARAS,TAROS,TARPS,TASAR,TOLAR,TOLAS,TORAS,TRAPS,

4-letter words (98 found)

AALS,ALAP,ALAR,ALAS,ALPS,ALSO,ALTO,ALTS,APOS,APSO,APTS,ARPA,ARTS,ASAR,ATAP,ATOP,LAPS,LARS,LAST,LATS,LOPS,LOST,LOTA,LOTS,OARS,OAST,OATS,OPAL,OPAS,OPTS,ORAL,ORTS,OSAR,PAAL,PALS,PARA,PARS,PART,PAST,PATS,PLAT,PLOT,POAS,POLS,POLT,PORT,POST,POTS,PRAO,PRAT,PROA,PROS,RAPS,RAPT,RASP,RAST,RATA,RATO,RATS,ROST,ROTA,ROTL,ROTS,SALP,SALT,SLAP,SLAT,SLOP,SLOT,SOAP,SOAR,SOLA,SORA,SORT,SPAR,SPAT,SPOT,STAP,STAR,STOA,STOP,TAAL,TALA,TAOS,TAPA,TAPS,TARA,TARO,TARP,TARS,TOLA,TOPS,TORA,TORS,TOSA,TRAP,TROP,TSAR,

3-letter words (56 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALP,ALS,ALT,APO,APT,ARS,ART,ASP,ATS,LAP,LAR,LAS,LAT,LOP,LOR,LOS,LOT,OAR,OAT,OPA,OPS,OPT,ORA,ORS,ORT,PAL,PAR,PAS,PAT,POA,POL,POS,POT,PRO,PST,RAP,RAS,RAT,ROT,SAL,SAP,SAR,SAT,SOL,SOP,SOT,SPA,TAO,TAP,TAR,TAS,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (16 found)

AA,AL,AR,AS,AT,LA,LO,OP,OR,OS,PA,PO,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 276 words from pastoral according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pastoral

pastoral

Etymology

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pāstōrālis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæs.tə.ɹəl/ IPA(key): /ˈpɑːstə.ɹəl/
  • enPR: păs"tōr-al, IPA(key): /ˌpæsˈtɔːɹəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

pastoral (comparative more pastoral, superlative most pastoral)

  1. Of or pertaining to shepherds or herders of other livestock.
  2. Relating to rural life and scenes, in particular of poetry.
  3. Relating to the care of souls, to the pastor of a church or to any local religious leader charged with the service of individual parishioners, i.e. a priest or rabbi.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • al pastor

Translations

Noun

pastoral (plural pastorals)

  1. A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyll; a bucolic.
  2. (music) A cantata relating to rural life; a composition for instruments characterized by simplicity and sweetness; a lyrical composition the subject of which is taken from rural life.
  3. (religion, Christianity) A letter of a pastor to his charge; specifically, a letter addressed by a bishop to his diocese.
  4. (religion, Christianity) A letter of the House of Bishops, to be read in each parish.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Laportas, al pastor, postalar, proatlas

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pāstōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [pəs.tuˈɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pəs.toˈɾal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pas.toˈɾal]

Adjective

pastoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pastorals)

  1. pastoral

Related terms

  • pastor

Further reading

  • “pastoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “pastoral”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “pastoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pastoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French, Old French pastoral, from Latin pastoralis, from pāstor (“shepherd”), + adjective suffix -alis.

Adjective

pastoral (feminine pastorale, masculine plural pastoraux, feminine plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral

Further reading

  • “pastoral”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pastoˈʁaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

pastoral (strong nominative masculine singular pastoraler, not comparable)

  1. pastoral

Declension

Further reading

  • “pastoral” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “pastoral” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pāstōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: pas‧to‧ral

Adjective

pastoral m or f (plural pastorais)

  1. Alternative form of pastoril
  2. pastoral (relating to the pastor of a church)

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorais)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) a letter written by a bishop or the pope explaining a doctrine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pastoral, from Latin pastorale.

Adjective

pastoral m or n (feminine singular pastorală, masculine plural pastorali, feminine and neuter plural pastorale)

  1. pastoral

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin pāstōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pastoˈɾal/ [pas.t̪oˈɾal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: pas‧to‧ral

Adjective

pastoral m or f (masculine and feminine plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral

Derived terms

Noun

pastoral f (plural pastorales)

  1. pastoral

Related terms

Further reading

  • “pastoral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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