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Etymology
From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.
Noun
Pâques f (plural Pâques)
- 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
Proper noun
Pâques m or f pl (plural only)
- Easter
- Joyeuses Pâques ! ― Happy Easter!
Usage notes
Treated as masculine unless further qualified with an adjective.
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Norman
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Etymology
From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pâques f pl
- (France, Jersey) Easter
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