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kittel

kittel noun: a white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home when leading the Passover seder.

Noun

kittel (plural kittels)

  1. A white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home when leading the Passover seder.
    • When I got married, my grandmother showed up at the wedding with a bottle of the whitest wine she could find, so that we wouldn’t ruin my seventy-five dollar kittel and my wife’s thousand-dollar wedding dress. (And at this point I would like to point out that I have worn my kittel at least twice a...2008, Mordechai Schmutter, Don’t Yell Challah in a Crowded Matzah Bakery

Proper noun capitalized: Kittel

Kittel

  1. A surname.

Forms of kittel

pluralkittels

Origin of kittel

Borrowed from Yiddish קיטל (kitl).

Questions about kittel

What does kittel mean?
Kittel means a white linen or cotton robe worn by religious Ashkenazi Jews on holidays, in the synagogue, or at home when leading the Passover seder.
What part of speech is kittel?
Kittel can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kittel?
The plural of kittel is kittels.

Words near kittel in the dictionary

  1. kitted out
  2. kittee
  3. kittees
  4. kitteh
  5. kittehs
  6. kittel
  7. Kittell
  8. Kittells
  9. kittels
  10. Kittelson
  11. Kittelsons

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