Pâques
See also: paques, paqués, and pâques
Bourguignon
Etymology
From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha.
Noun
Pâques f (plural Pâques)
- Easter
French
Etymology
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/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Pâques m or f pl (plural only)
- 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
(Jersey)Audio (file)
Proper noun
Pâques f pl
- (France, Jersey) Easter
Derived terms
- Jouaiyeux Pâques