Dictionary

matzo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɑːˈtsɑː/ (UK)
• /ˌmɑˈtsɑ/ (US)
• /ˈmætsə/ (UK)
• /ˈmɑtsə/ (US)
• /ˈmɑtsoʊ/ (US)
• /ˈmætsəʊ/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

When stressed on the first syllable, from Yiddish מצה (matse), from Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá); pronunciations stressed on the second syllable are borrowed directly from Hebrew.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.
   • Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.
   • Like the Kopelmans, they have a Christmas tree with dreidel ornaments and a menorah, which they light each night. Pham learned to cook matzo ball soup. 2012 December 14, Emanuella Grinberg and Christina Zdanowicz, “Celebrating Chrismukkah: Shalom stockings and Hanukkah bushes”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2013:
2. (countable) A piece of the above bread.
   • [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. 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:

Forms

Deriveds

matzo ball · shmurah matzo · egg matzo

Translations (30)

lad masa (thin, unleavened bread) · de Matzen (thin, unleavened bread) · nl matze (thin, unleavened bread) · fi matsa (thin, unleavened bread) · fa مصا (thin, unleavened bread) · ru маца́ (thin, unleavened bread) · pl przaśnik (thin, unleavened bread) · eo maco (thin, unleavened bread) · tr matsa (thin, unleavened bread) · cmn 無酵餅 /无酵饼 (thin, unleavened bread) · pt matzá (thin, unleavened bread) · hu macesz (thin, unleavened bread) · bg маца́ (thin, unleavened bread) · hu pászka (thin, unleavened bread) · pl maca (thin, unleavened bread) · be маца́ (thin, unleavened bread) · de Matze (thin, unleavened bread) · lad מצה (thin, unleavened bread) · de Mazze (thin, unleavened bread) · ru мацца́ (thin, unleavened bread) · lad matsa (thin, unleavened bread) · de Mazzen (thin, unleavened bread) · ja マッツァー (thin, unleavened bread) · ca matsà (thin, unleavened bread) · uk маца́ (thin, unleavened bread) · nl matse (thin, unleavened bread) · yi מצה (thin, unleavened bread) · es matzá (thin, unleavened bread) · he מַצָּה (thin, unleavened bread) · fr matza (thin, unleavened bread)