afikomen

English

Alternative forms

• afikoman

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).

Pronunciation

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Noun

afikomen (plural afikomens)

1. (Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
   • 2008 April 22, Clyde Haberman, “The Unsavory Is No Rarity at City Hall”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The Passover Seders that Jews celebrated on the weekend would have been incomplete without the afikomen.

Translations

matza eaten after seder dinner

• Hebrew: אֲפִיקוֹמָן (he)
• Yiddish: אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen)