Pascal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)
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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).
Pascal (countable and uncountable, plural Pascals)
- (countable) A male given name from Latin used in medieval England; today occasionally borrowed from French.
- (countable) A surname transferred from the given name.
- The French mathematician and physicist Blaise Pascal (1623–1662).
- (computer languages) An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.
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)
programming language
Bulgarian: Паска́л m (Paskál)
From Latin.
Pascal m
- a male given name from Latin
- a surname originating as a patronymic
Pascal m (proper noun, strong, genitive Pascals or (with an article) **Pascal)
- a male given name
Pascal m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Pascals or (with an article) **Pascal, feminine genitive **Pascal, plural Pascals)
- a surname
Pascal n (strong, genitive Pascals or **Pascal, plural **Pascal)
- pascal (unit)
- Millipascal, Mikropascal
- Hektopascal, Kilopascal
- pascalsche Wette
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒskaːl]
- Hyphenation: Pas‧cal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Pascal
- Pascal (programming language)