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paschal

/ˈpæʃəl/PA-shuhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈpæʃəl/PA-shuhl

Meaningrelating to the pasch

Common meaning: to do with Easter or Passover

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Journey through time

  1. Hebrewpesakhsource
  2. Latinpaschasource
  3. Middle Englishpaskesource
  4. Englishpasch‘Easter or Passover’
  5. Englishformed in English from paschpaschal‘to do with Easter or Passover’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from pasch + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PASCH, p.424 · scan

Source words

  • pesakh Hebrew · source word “a passing over”

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