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• matsah, matza, matzah, matzoh

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmætsə/, /ˈmætsəʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɑtsə/, /ˈmɑtsoʊ/, /ˌmɑˈtsɑ/
• 韻: (英国発音) -ætsə, -ɑː

名詞

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

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

   • 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 10 December 2013:

     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.

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, archived from the original on 12 November 2020:

     [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.

派生語

• egg matzo
• matzo ball
• shmurah matzo

アナグラム

• motza