Pâques

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See also: paques, paqués, and pâques

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.

Noun

Pâques f (plural Pâques)

  1. Easter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Pasques, from Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic (pasḥa), from Hebrew פסחא (pasḥa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pak/ ~ /pɑk/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Pâques m or f pl (plural only)

  1. Easter
    Joyeuses Pâques ! ― Happy Easter!

Usage notes

Treated as masculine unless further qualified with an adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: Pak
  • → Lingala: Páke
  • → Persian: عید پاک ('eyd-e pâk)

See also

Further reading

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha).

Pronunciation

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    (Jersey)

Proper noun

Pâques f pl

  1. (France, Jersey) Easter
    • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎, page 532:
      Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine.
      Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.

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