Meanings
nounmatcha (countable and uncountable, plural matchas)
plural matchas · alternative maccha
- countableuncountableA type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.
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Origin
- Japanese抹茶
- Englishmatcha
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
More words from Japanese
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Afrikaans matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Arabic مَاتْشَا
- مَاتْشَا (mātšā)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Bengali মাচা
- মাচা (maca)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Catalan matxa
- matxapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Chinese Mandarin 抹茶
- 抹茶 (mǒchá)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Esperanto pulvora teo
- pulvora teopowdered green tea for ceremonies
Estonian matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Finnish matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
French matcha, maccha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
- macchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
German Matcha
- Matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Greek μάτσα
- μάτσα (mátsa)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Hebrew מָאצָ׳ה
- מָאצָ׳ה (máchah)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Hindi माचा
- माचा (mācā)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Hungarian matcsa, matcha
- matcsapowdered green tea for ceremonies
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Italian matcha, maccha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
- macchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Japanese 抹茶, 挽き茶
- 抹茶 (matcha)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- 挽き茶 (hikicha)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- 散茶 (sancha)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Korean 말차, 가루차
- 말차 (malcha)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- 가루차 (garucha)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Norwegian matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Polish matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Portuguese matcha, matchá
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
- matchápowdered green tea for ceremonies
Russian ма́ття, матча
- ма́ття (máttja)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- матча (matča)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Spanish matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Swedish matcha
- matchapowdered green tea for ceremonies
Thai มัตจะ
- มัตจะpowdered green tea for ceremonies
Turkish toz yeşil çay, yeşil çay tozu
- toz yeşil çaypowdered green tea for ceremonies
- yeşil çay tozupowdered green tea for ceremonies
Ukrainian ма́ття, ма́ча
- ма́ття (máttja)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- ма́ча (máča)powdered green tea for ceremonies
- ма́тча (mátča)powdered green tea for ceremonies
Vietnamese mạt trà
- mạt tràpowdered green tea for ceremonies
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with matcha
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Cite this entry
APA
matcha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matcha
MLA
“matcha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matcha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “matcha,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/matcha.
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