Pascal

Meaning

  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.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A surname transferred from the given name.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An imperative procedural programming language intended to encourage good programming practices through the use of structure.

Synonyms

Blaise Pascal

Translations

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Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pæsˈkæl/
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).

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