matcha
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.tʃə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃə/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ætʃə, -ɑːtʃə
Noun edit
matcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)
- A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
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Translations edit
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Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matcha m (uncountable)
- matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)
Anagrams edit
Garo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mV⁴-sha (“tiger”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matcha
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matcha m (uncountable)
- matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
matcha
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
matcha
- inflection of matche:
- simple past
- past participle
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English matcha.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
matcha f
- matcha (type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- matcha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism. Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃɐ
Noun edit
matcha f (plural matchas)
- matcha (powder resulting from crushing green tea buds, used in the preparation of infusions and as a culinary ingredient)
Further reading edit
- “matcha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
1952: borrowed from English match, from Middle English matche, metche, macche, mecche, mache, meche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa, secondary forms of maca, ġemaca (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-Germanic *makkô, *gamakkô, *makô, *gamakô (“an equal; comrade”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
matcha (present matchar, preterite matchade, supine matchat, imperative matcha)
- (transitive) to match
- (transitive) to conform, to fit
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | matcha | matchas | ||
Supine | matchat | matchats | ||
Imperative | matcha | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | matchen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | matchar | matchade | matchas | matchades |
Ind. plural1 | matcha | matchade | matchas | matchades |
Subjunctive2 | matche | matchade | matches | matchades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | matchande | |||
Past participle | matchad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
- (to fit): överensstämma
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
Noun edit
matcha c (uncountable)
- matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)
Declension edit
Declension of matcha | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | matcha | matchan | — | — |
Genitive | matchas | matchans | — | — |