matzo
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Etymology edit
Back-formation of matzos, which is borrowed from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew מצות (matsót), the plural of מַצָּה (matsá).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmætsə/, /ˈmætsəʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑːtsə/, /ˈmɑːtsoʊ/, /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ætsə, -ɑː
Noun edit
matzo (countable and uncountable, plural matzos or matzot or matzoth)
- (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
- (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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thin, unleavened bread
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