Pâques

== Bourguignon == === Etymology === From Old French pasques, pasches, from Latin pascha. === Noun === Pâques f (plural Pâques) 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/ === Proper noun === Pâques m or f pl (sometimes plural only, in variation) 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) === Proper noun === Pâques f pl (continental, Jersey) Easter ==== Derived terms ==== Jouaiyeux Pâques