Pâques
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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]
(Jersey)Audio: (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Pâques f pl
- (France, Jersey) Easter
- 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore[1], page 532:
- Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine.
- Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.
Derived terms[edit]
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