matzo

English

Handmade shmura matza

Alternative forms

• matza
• matzah
• matzoh

Etymology

Hebrew מַצָּה‏ (matsá).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmætsə/, /ˈmætsəʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːtsə/, /ˈmɑːtsoʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/

Noun

matzo (countable and uncountable, plural matzos or matzot or matzoth)

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

2. (countable) A piece of the above bread.
   • 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times^[1]:

     [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.

Translations

thin, unleavened bread

• Belarusian: маца́ f (macá)
• Bulgarian: маца́ (bg) f (macá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無酵餅, 无酵饼 (wújiàobǐng)

• French: matza (fr) f
• German: Matze (de) f
• Hebrew: מַצָּה‏‎ (he) f (matsá)

• Japanese: マッツァー (mattsā)
• Polish: maca (pl) f
• Portuguese: matzá m, f
• Russian: маца́ (ru) f (macá), мацца́ f (maccá)
• Ukrainian: маца́ f (macá)
• Yiddish: מצה‏‎ f (matse)

Derived terms

• egg matzo
• matzo ball

Anagrams

• motza