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English
Noun
pasques
- plural of pasque
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin pascua, from Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”).
Noun
pasques f pl
- Easter (Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ)
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Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (pasques, supplement)