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Pâques
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paques paqués pâques
Bourguignon
Etymology
From roa-brg fro pasques, fro pasches, from roa-brg la pascha.
Noun
roa-brg noun f plural Pâques
Easter
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :inh frm:Pasques 1
fr frm Pasques, from fr fro pasques, fro pasches, from fr la pascha (influenced by la pascuum pascuum, pascua grazing), from fr grc πάσχα, from fr arc pasḥa, from fr he פסחא pasḥa.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Pâques.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Pâques.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-Pâques.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
m,f-p
Easter
fr Joyeuses Pâques ! Happy Easter!
Usage notes
Treated as masculine unless further qualified with an adjective.
Derived terms
fr lapin de Pâques
fr lundi de Pâques Easter Monday
fr dimanche de Pâques Easter Sunday
fr œuf de Pâques Easter egg
Related terms
fr Pâque Passover
fr Pâque russe Russian Easter
Descendants
ht Pak
1 ln Páke
1 fa عید پاک 'eyd-e pâk
See also
fr vendredi saint
Further reading
fr terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
fr Christianity
Norman
Alternative forms
nrf Paak Sark
Etymology
From nrf fro pasques, fro pasches, from nrf la pascha, from nrf grc πάσχα.
Pronunciation
nrf Jer-Pâques.ogg Jersey
Proper noun
f-p
nrf France Jersey Easter
nrf 1903 Edgar MacCulloch Guernsey Folk Lore Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc. https://archive.org/details/cu31924029911710/page/532/mode/1up?view=theater 532 Pâques Martine—guerre, peste, ou famine. Easter in March forebodes war, pestilence, or famine.
Derived terms
nrf Jouaiyeux Pâques
nrf Calendar Christianity