Pâques
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.
Noun edit
Pâques f (plural Pâques)
French edit
Etymology edit
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 [script needed] (pasḥa), from Hebrew פסחא (pasḥa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pâques m or f pl (plural only)
- Easter
- Joyeuses Pâques ! ― Happy Easter!
Usage notes edit
Treated as masculine unless further qualified with an adjective.
Derived terms edit
- lapin de Pâques
- lundi de Pâques (“Easter Monday”)
- dimanche de Pâques (“Easter Sunday”)
- œuf de Pâques (“Easter egg”)
Related terms edit
- Pâque (“Passover”)
- Pâque russe (“Russian Easter”)
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Pâques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha).
Pronunciation edit
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Proper noun edit
Pâques f pl