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Pesach

/ˈpɛsɑːx/

Pesach proper noun: the Jewish festival of Passover.

Proper noun

Pesach

  1. The Jewish festival of Passover.

Forms of Pesach

alternative formPesah
alternative formPesakh

Origin of Pesach

Borrowed from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paska, and paskha.

Questions about Pesach

What does Pesach mean?
Pesach means the Jewish festival of Passover.
What part of speech is Pesach?
Pesach is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pesach?
Pesach is pronounced /ˈpɛsɑːx/.

Words near Pesach in the dictionary

  1. Perú
  2. pes
  3. pes carinatum
  4. pes excavatum
  5. PESA
  6. Pesach
  7. pesade
  8. pesades
  9. pesadich
  10. pesadik
  11. pesage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Pesach (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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