matzo

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English

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Handmade shmura matza
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Etymology

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Back-formation from matzos, which is borrowed from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew מצות (matsót), the plural of מַצָּה (matsá).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmætsə/, /ˈmætsəʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtsə/, /ˈmɑːtsoʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
  • Rhymes: (UK) -ætsə, -ɑː

Noun

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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.
  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.

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