matcha

English

Alternative forms

• maccha

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.tʃə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.tʃə/
• Rhymes: -ætʃə, -ɑːtʃə

Noun

matcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)

1. A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

Related terms

• chanoyu
• sencha

Translations

powdered green tea for ceremonies

• Arabic: مَاتْشَا f (mātšā)
• Azerbaijani: matça
• Bengali: মাচা (maca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抹茶 (zh) (mǒchá)

• Finnish: matcha (fi)
• French: matcha (fr) m
• German: Matcha m
• Greek: μάτσα (el) n (mátsa)
• Gujarati: માચા (mācā), દળચા (daḷcā)
• Hebrew: מָאצָ׳ה m (máchah)
• Hungarian: matcsa, matcha
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• Italian: matcha m, maccha m
• Japanese: 抹茶 (ja) (まっちゃ, matcha), 挽き茶 (ひきちゃ, hikicha), 散茶 (さんちゃ, sancha)
• Korean: 말차 (malcha), 가루차 (garucha)
• Polish: matcha (pl) f
• Russian: ма́ття f (máttja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маћа f, мача f

  Roman: maća (sh) f, mača (sh) f

• Turkish: toz yeşil çay (tr), yeşil çay tozu (tr)
• Ukrainian: ма́ття f (máttja), ма́ча (uk) f (máča), ма́тча f (mátča)
• Vietnamese: mạt trà

Further reading

• matcha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat.ʃa/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

matcha m (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Anagrams

• mâchât

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Italian

Alternative forms

• maccha

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmat.tʃa/
• Hyphenation: mat‧cha

Noun

matcha m (countable and uncountable, plural matchi)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

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Japanese

Romanization

matcha

1. Rōmaji transcription of まっちゃ

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matchet

Verb

matcha

1. inflection of matche:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Swedish

Etymology 1

1952: borrowed from English match, from Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa, secondary forms of maca, ġemaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /²mat͡ʃa/

Verb

matcha (present matchar, preterite matchade, supine matchat, imperative matcha)

1. (transitive) to match
2. (transitive) to conform, to fit

Conjugation

Conjugation of matcha (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	matcha		matchas
Supine	matchat		matchats
Imperative	matcha		—
Imper. plural1	matchen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	matchar	matchade	matchas	matchades
Ind. plural1	matcha	matchade	matchas	matchades
Subjunctive2	matche	matchade	matches	matchades
	Participles
Present participle	matchande
Past participle	matchad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• (to fit): överensstämma

Related terms

• match

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Noun

matcha c (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Declension

Declension of matcha
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	matcha	matchan	—	—
Genitive	matchas	matchans	—	—