Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matzo

/ˈmɑtsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables: mat-zo
IPA: /ˈmɑtsə/

16

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

Uncountable

noun

A piece of the above bread.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover."
"Like the Kopelmans, they have a Christmas tree with dreidel ornaments and a menorah, which they light each night. Pham learned to cook matzo ball soup."
"[W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent."

Etymology

When stressed on the first syllable, from Yiddish מצה (matse), from Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá); pronunciations stressed on the second syllable are borrowed directly from Hebrew.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: מצה, מַצָּה

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈmɑtsə/
British English: /ˈmætsə/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

matzos (plural) matzot (plural) matzoth (plural) matsah (alternative) matza (alternative) matzah (alternative) matzoh (alternative)

Phrases

egg matzo matzo ball shmurah matzo

Synonyms

matzoh matzah unleavened bread

Rhymes With

la ya ma ah ha da pa na nah ha-ha fa ar

Questions

How do you pronounce matzo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑtsə/.
What does matzo mean?: Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
Where does matzo come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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