Pasque
See also: pasque
Italian
Noun
Pasque f
- plural of Pasqua
Middle English
Proper noun
Pasque
- alternative form of Pask
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin pascha (influenced by pascuum, pascua (“grazing”)), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic [script needed] (pasḥa), from Hebrew פסחא (pasḥa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pasque f (nominative singular Pasque)
- Easter
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- UN jor de Pasque, au tans novel.
- At Easter, at the start of the spring.
Usage notes
- In early Old French, the singular was used.
Descendants
- French: Pâques f pl
Categories:
- Italian non-lemma forms
- Italian noun forms
- Middle English variant lemmas
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Old French terms derived from Aramaic
- Old French terms derived from Hebrew
- Old French lemmas
- Old French proper nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- Old French terms with quotations