bar mitzvah

English

Alternative forms

bar-mitzvah

Etymology

From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/
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Noun

bar mitzvah (plural bar mitzvahs or b'nai mitzvah)

(Judaism) A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
(Judaism) A boy who has come of age.

Derived terms

bark mitzvah

Related terms

Translations

Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: barmicvo
Finnish: bar mitsva
French: bar-mitsva (fr) f, bar-mitsvah f, Bar Mitzva f, Bar Mitzvah f, bar mitzvah f
German: Bar-Mizwa (de) f, Bar Mizwa (de) f, Bar Mitzwa (de) f
Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (he) m (bar mitsvá)
Polish: bar micwa f
Russian: бар ми́цва f (bar mícva)
Yiddish: בר־מיצווה f (bar-mitsve)

boy who has come of age

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: bar mitsva
Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (he) m (bar mitsvá)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: בר־מיצווה f (bar-mitsve)

Verb

bar mitzvah (third-person singular simple present bar mitzvahs, present participle bar mitzvahing, simple past and past participle bar mitzvahed)

(transitive, usually passive voice) To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.

Translations

initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tulla bar mitsvaksi
Russian: please add this translation if you can

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