different between mocha vs matcha

English

Etymology

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic ?????????? (al-mu??), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

The beans often had a chocolaty flavor, hence by extension came to refer to any coffee with a chocolate flavor, or any mixture of coffee and chocolate flavors, notably coffee with chocolate syrup added.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mo?k?/
  • Rhymes: -??k?
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?m?k?/
  • Rhymes: -?k?

Noun

mocha (countable and uncountable, plural mochas)

1. (countable) A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof.

   Synonyms: caffè mocha, mochaccino

2. A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.

3. (color) A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

4. A strong Arabian coffee.
5. (historical) An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

Related terms

• mochaccino

Translations

Adjective

mocha (not comparable)

1. Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Further reading

• mocha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• caffè mocha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mocha coffee bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MACHO, macho

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??x?]

Adjective

mocha

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of moch (“early”)

Noun

mocha f (genitive singular mocha)

1. Alternative form of moiche (“earliness”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "mocha" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.xa/

Noun

mocha m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of moch

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mot??a/, [?mo.t??a]

Adjective

mocha f sg

1. feminine singular of mocho

English

Alternative forms

• maccha

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæ.t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?.t??/
• Rhymes: -æt??, -??t??

Noun

matcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)

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

Related terms

• amacha

See also

• chanoyu
• sencha
• tea whisk

Translations

Further reading

• matcha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat.?a/
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

matcha m (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Anagrams

• mâchât

Garo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matt??a/

Noun

matcha

1. tiger

Italian

Alternative forms

• maccha

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mat.t??a/
• Hyphenation: mat?cha

Noun

matcha m (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Japanese

Romanization

matcha

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matchet

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 mæ??a, ?emæ??a, secondary forms of maca, ?emaca (“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): /²mat?a/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to fit): överensstämma

Related terms

• match

Etymology 2

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

Noun

matcha c (uncountable)

1. matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)

Declension