pascal
French, noun/pas.kal/
pascal is spelled P-A-S-C-A-L (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pascal is a French masculine noun meaning “pascal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure de pression du Système international égale à la pression qu'exerce une force de un newton sur…”.
What does pascal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
paschal
noun
- 1
masculinepascal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à la Pâque des juifs ou aux Pâque et Pâques des chrétiens.
noun: 1. Unité de mesure de pression du Système international égale à la pression qu'exerce une force de un newton sur une surface de un mètre carré. Son symbole est Pa. 2. Billet de banque de cinq-cents francs français, sur lequel apparaissait le portrait de Blaise Pascal. En usage de 1969 à 1997. 3. Cépage tardif donnant de très grosses grappes de raisins blanc-vert. 4. Variété de céleri.
noun: 1. Variante de pascal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pascal
- pascale feminine
- pascaux masculine plural
- pascales feminine plural
- pascals plural masculine
- Pascals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pascal?
- /pas.kal/
- \pas.kal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pascal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pascal in French?
pascal appears 23 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).