afikomen

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noun

The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.

OriginYiddish אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen) ← Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן (afikomán) ← Ancient Greek ἐπῐ́ κῶμος (epĭ́ kômos) →
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Meanings

nounafikomen (plural afikomens)

plural afikomens · alternative afikoman

  1. JudaismThe 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  5. Ancient Greekἐπῐ́ (epĭ́)
  6. Ancient Greekκῶμος (kômos)
  7. Ancient Greekἐπῐ́ κῶμος (epĭ́ kômos)
  8. Hebrewאֲפִיקוֹמָן (afikomán)
  9. Yiddishאַפֿיקומן (afikoymen)
  10. Englishafikomen

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

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Translations

Hebrew אֲפִיקוֹמָן
  • אֲפִיקוֹמָןmatza eaten after seder dinner
Yiddish אַפֿיקומן
  • אַפֿיקומן (afikoymen)matza eaten after seder dinner
Cite this entry
APA

afikomen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afikomen

MLA

“afikomen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afikomen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afikomen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afikomen.

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