Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

afikomen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: afikomen
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.

Example Sentences

"The Passover Seders that Jews celebrated on the weekend would have been incomplete without the afikomen."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ (epĭ́) Ancient Greek κῶμος (kômos) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ κῶμος (epĭ́ kômos)der. Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן (afikomán)bor. Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen)bor. English afikomen Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: אַפֿיקומן, אֲפִיקוֹמָן

Inflected Forms

afikomens (plural) afikoman (alternative)

Questions

What does afikomen mean?: The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
Where does afikomen come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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