chuppah

English

A wedding under a chuppah

Alternative forms

• chupa, chupah, chuppa, hupah, huppah

Etymology

From Hebrew חופה \ חֻפָּה (ḥuppâ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʊpə/, /ˈhʊpə/

Noun

chuppah (plural chuppahs or chuppot or chuppoth)

1. (Judaism) The canopy over a Jewish couple during their marriage ceremony.
   • 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 116:

     The dveykut that accompanied the groom as he walked down the aisle to the chupah was truly inspirational.

   • 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:

     Everyone was standing under a kind of thatched chuppa. Parts of the concrete structure still stained wet from the day before.

2. (Judaism, figuratively) A marriage ceremony, wedding.

Further reading

• chuppah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia