Middle French

Noun

Pasques f pl

1. Easter

Old French

Alternative forms

• pasche, pasches, pasque

Noun

pasques f pl

1. Easter (Christian festival celebrating the resurrection of Christ)

Usage notes

• In early Old French, the singular pasque was used.

Descendants

• English: Pasch (borrowed)
• French: Pâques

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pasques, supplement)