matcha
French, noun/mat.ʃa/
matcha is spelled M-A-T-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 103,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Matcha is a French masculine noun meaning “matcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poudre fine de thé vert battue et dégustée dans l’eau chaude lors de la cérémonie du thé au Japon ou comme un…”.
What does matcha mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematcha (powdered green tea for ceremonies)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poudre fine de thé vert battue et dégustée dans l’eau chaude lors de la cérémonie du thé au Japon ou comme un ingrédient alimentaire. 2. Cette couleur verte, qui tire vers le jaune.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of matcha
- matchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce matcha?
- /mat.ʃa/
- \ma.tʃa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to matcha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is matcha in French?
matcha appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).