Pascal

See also: pascal

English

Etymology

From Latin Paschālis, from paschālis (“Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”), from pascha (“Easter”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives), for birth on Easter, or in honor of the 9th-century pope Paschal I (died 824). Doublet of Paschal. The programming language was named after French mathematician, philosopher and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pæsˈkæl/, /ˈpæskæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Proper noun

Pascal (countable and uncountable, plural Pascals)

1. (countable) A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
2. (countable) A surname transferred from the given name.
   1. The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
3. (computer languages) An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.

Derived terms

• Pascal case
• Pascalian
• Pascal's law
• Pascal's theorem
• Pascal's triangle
• Pascal string
• Pascal's wager

Related terms

• pascal
• Pascual

Translations

male given name

• Bulgarian: Паска́л m (Paskál)
• Corsican: Pasquale, Pasquali
• Dutch: Pascal (nl) m
• French: Pascal (fr)
• German: Pascal (de)
• Hebrew: פֶּסַח (he) (pésaḥ)
• Italian: Pasquale (it)
• Portuguese: Pascoal (pt)
• Spanish: Pascual (es)

surname

• French: Pascal (fr)
• Hindi: पास्कल m or f (pāskal)

programming language

• Bulgarian: Паска́л m (Paskál)
• Japanese: Pascal (Pascal), パスカル (ja) (Pasukaru)

Further reading

• Pascal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lacaps, calpas

French

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pas.kal/

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Proper noun

Pascal m

1. a male given name from Latin
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

• pascal

Related terms

• female given names: Pascale, Pascaline

Descendants

• Translingual: Pa
• English: Pascal
  • English: pascal

Anagrams

• plaças

German

Etymology

From French Pascal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈkal/, (less often) /ˈpaskal/

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• Rhymes: -al

Proper noun

Pascal m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pascals or (with an article) Pascal)

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Pascal m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Pascals or (with an article) Pascal, feminine genitive Pascal, plural Pascals)

1. a surname

Noun

Pascal n (strong, genitive Pascals or Pascal, plural Pascal)

1. pascal (unit)

Derived terms

• Millipascal, Mikropascal
• Hektopascal, Kilopascal
• pascalsche Wette

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɒskaːl]
• Hyphenation: Pas‧cal
• Rhymes: -aːl

Proper noun

Pascal

1. Pascal

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Pascal	Pascalok
accusative	Pascalt	Pascalokat
dative	Pascalnak	Pascaloknak
instrumental	Pascallal	Pascalokkal
causal-final	Pascalért	Pascalokért
translative	Pascallá	Pascalokká
terminative	Pascalig	Pascalokig
essive-formal	Pascalként	Pascalokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Pascalban	Pascalokban
superessive	Pascalon	Pascalokon
adessive	Pascalnál	Pascaloknál
illative	Pascalba	Pascalokba
sublative	Pascalra	Pascalokra
allative	Pascalhoz	Pascalokhoz
elative	Pascalból	Pascalokból
delative	Pascalról	Pascalokról
ablative	Pascaltól	Pascaloktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Pascalé	Pascaloké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Pascaléi	Pascalokéi

Possessive forms of Pascal

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Pascalom	Pascaljaim
2nd person sing.	Pascalod	Pascaljaid
3rd person sing.	Pascalja	Pascaljai
1st person plural	Pascalunk	Pascaljaink
2nd person plural	Pascalotok	Pascaljaitok
3rd person plural	Pascaljuk	Pascaljaik

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Pascal.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パスカル [páꜜsùkàrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [pa̠sɨ̥ka̠ɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

Pascal(パスカル) • (Pasukaru) 

1. Pascal (programming language)