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afikomen

afikomen noun: the matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.

Noun

afikomen (plural afikomens)

  1. (Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
    • The Passover Seders that Jews celebrated on the weekend would have been incomplete without the afikomen.2008 April 22, Clyde Haberman, “The Unsavory Is No Rarity at City Hall”, in New York Times

Forms of afikomen

pluralafikomens
alternative formafikoman

Origin of afikomen

Borrowed from Yiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen), from Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן ('afikomán).

Questions about afikomen

What does afikomen mean?
Afikomen means the matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
What part of speech is afikomen?
Afikomen is a noun.
What is the plural of afikomen?
The plural of afikomen is afikomens.

Words near afikomen in the dictionary

  1. aficionadoes
  2. aficionados
  3. afield
  4. afikoman
  5. afikomans
  6. afikomen
  7. afikomens
  8. afimbrial
  9. afimbriate
  10. afimoxifene
  11. afire

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