Pâques

See also: paques, paqués, and pâques

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.

Noun

Pâques f (plural Pâques)

1. Easter

French

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /pak/, /pɑk/

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Proper noun

Pâques m or f pl (plural only)

1. Easter

   Joyeuses Pâques ! ― Happy Easter!

Usage notes

Treated as masculine unless further qualified with an adjective.

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• Pâque (“Passover”)
• Pâque russe (“Russian Easter”)

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: Pak
• → Lingala: Páke
• → Persian: عید پاک ('eyd-e pâk)

See also

• vendredi saint

Further reading

• “Pâques”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Alternative forms

• Paak (Sark)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  (Jersey)

Proper noun

Pâques f pl

1. (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

• Jouaiyeux Pâques