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bar mitzvah en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/ (UK)

Etymology

From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).

Meanings

  1. (Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
  2. (Judaism) A boy who has come of age.

Forms

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bar-mitzvah alternative lexicographic
bar mitzvahs Number=Plur lexicographic
b'nai mitzvah Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

bark mitzvah

Relateds

bat mitzvah · b'nai mitzvah · bas mitzvah · b'mitzvah · b'not mitzvah · b-mitzvah

Translations (24)

de Bar Mizwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · pt bar mitzvah (boy who has come of age) · fr bar-mitsva (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · ru бар ми́цва (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · de Bar Mitzwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · cmn 已行成人禮的男孩 /已行成人礼的男孩 (boy who has come of age) · fr bar mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · yi בר־מיצווה (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · cmn 受誡禮 /受诫礼 (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · fi bar mitsva (boy who has come of age) · fr Bar Mitzva (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · pl bar micwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · cmn 成年男子 (boy who has come of age) · he בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · fi bar mitsva (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · de Bar-Mizwa (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · cmn 成人禮 /成人礼 (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · he בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (boy who has come of age) · pt bar mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · yi בר־מיצווה (boy who has come of age) · fr Bar Mitzvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · fr bar-mitsvah (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · eo barmicvo (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys) · ru бар-мицва (Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys)

wikidata: Q28807008

bar mitzvah en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/ (UK)

Etymology

From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:usually passive voice, transitive) To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
    • He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.

Forms

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bar mitzvahs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bar mitzvahing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bar-mitzvah alternative lexicographic
bar mitzvahed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bar mitzvahed Tense=Past lexicographic

Translations (2)

cmn 為...舉行成人禮 /为...举行成人礼 (initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony) · fi tulla bar mitsvaksi (initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony)