Pâques

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.

Pâques f (plural Pâques)

1. Easter

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).

• IPA^(key): /pɑk/

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Pâques f pl

1. Easter

• lundi de Pâques (“Easter Monday”)
• dimanche de Pâques (“Easter Sunday”)
• œuf de Pâques (“Easter egg”)

• Haitian Creole: Pak
• → Lingala: Páke

• vendredi saint

• Paak (Sark)

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha).

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  (Jersey)

Pâques f pl

1. (France, Jersey) Easter

• Jouaiyeux Pâques