matcha

• maccha

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.tʃə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.t͡ʃə/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: (UK) -ætʃə, (US) -ɑːtʃə

matcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)

1. A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
   • 2021 December 14, Lisa Drayer, “Delicious winter drinks to get you through the holidays and cold weather”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     And that’s not all – EGCG in matcha can help improve insulin sensitivity, which aids in blood sugar control, and may help to reduce inflammation related to Alzheimer’s disease.

• matchatini

• amacha

• chanoyu
• sencha
• tencha
• tea whisk

• matcha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /mat.ʃa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a

matcha m (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

• mâchât

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

• IPA^(key): /matt͡ɕa/

matcha

1. tiger

• maccha

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

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

matcha m (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

matcha

1. Rōmaji transcription of まっちゃ

• matchet

matcha

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

Unadapted borrowing from English matcha.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.t͡ʂa/
• Rhymes: -at͡ʂa
• Syllabification: ma‧tcha
• Homophone: macza

matcha f (indeclinable)

1. matcha (type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies)

• matcha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• matchá

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

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃɐ

matcha m or f (plural matchas)

1. matcha (powder resulting from crushing green tea buds, used in the preparation of infusions and as a culinary ingredient)

• “matcha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “matcha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

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”).

• IPA^(key): /²matɕa/

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

1. (transitive) to match
2. (transitive) to conform, to fit

• (to fit): överensstämma

• match

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

matcha c (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)