different between jew vs matzo

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d?u?/
• Homophones: Jew, dew
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

Transferred use of Jew.

Alternative forms

• Jew

Verb

jew (third-person singular simple present jews, present participle jewing, simple past and past participle jewed)

1. (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.

Related terms

• jew down
• kike

Noun

jew (plural jews)

1. (Australia) The jewfish. [from 19th c.]
   • 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151:

     The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

Etymology 2

Phrase

jew

1. Pronunciation spelling of d' you, representing colloquial English.
2. Pronunciation spelling of 'd you, representing colloquial English.

Anagrams

• jwé

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (?aw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?w/

Conjunction

jew

1. or
2. else

English

Alternative forms

• matza
• matzah
• matzoh

Etymology

Hebrew ??????? (matsá).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæts?/, /?mæts??/, /?m???ts??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??ts?/, /?m??tso?/, /?m???ts??/

Noun

matzo (countable and uncountable, plural matzos or matzot or matzoth)

1. (uncountable) Thin, unleavened bread in Jewish cuisine.

   Matzo is eaten by Jews on Passover.

2. (countable) A piece of the above bread.

Derived terms

• egg matzo
• matzo ball

Translations

Anagrams

• motza