matcha

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.tʃə/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃə, -ɑːtʃə

Noun

matcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)

  1. A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mat.ʃa/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

matcha m (uncountable)

  1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Anagrams

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *mV⁴-sha (“tiger”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /matt͡ɕa/

Noun

matcha

  1. tiger

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmat.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -attʃa
  • Hyphenation: màt‧cha

Noun

matcha m (uncountable)

  1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Japanese

Romanization

matcha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まっちゃ

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

matcha

  1. inflection of matche:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology 1

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
  • IPA(key): /²matɕa/

Verb

matcha (present matchar, preterite matchade, supine matchat, imperative matcha)

  1. (transitive) to match
  2. (transitive) to conform, to fit
Conjugation
Conjugation of matcha (weak)
Active Passive
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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).

Noun

matcha c (uncountable)

  1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)
Declension
Declension of matcha 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative matcha matchan — —
Genitive matchas matchans — —
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