Pasque
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Italian
Noun
Pasque f
Middle English
Proper noun
Pasque
- Alternative form of Pask
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic (pasḥa), from Hebrew פסחא (pasḥa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pasque f (nominative singular Pasque)
- Easter
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- UN jor de Pasque, au tans novel.
- At Easter, at the start of the spring.
Usage notes
- In early Old French, the singular was used.
Descendants
- French: Pâques f pl