noun
Meaning 1
A Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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Phrase guide
bar mitzvah
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UK: /ˌbɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪts.və/
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noun
Meaning 2
A boy who has come of age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
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verb
Meaning 3
To initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: usually passive voice
Examples
- He was bar mitzvahed at the Kotel.
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noun
Meaning 4
(Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 13th birthday of a Jewish boy and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bar mitzvah is an important social event
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiation, induction, installation
verb
Meaning 5
confirm in the bar mitzvah ceremony, of boys in the Jewish faith
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: covenant
History
Etymology
From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 成人禮 /成人礼 — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Chinese Mandarin: 受誡禮 /受诫礼 — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Esperanto: barmicvo — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Finnish: bar mitsva — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- French: bar-mitsva — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- French: bar-mitsvah — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- French: Bar Mitzva — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- French: Bar Mitzvah — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- French: bar mitzvah — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- German: Bar-Mizwa — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- German: Bar Mizwa — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- German: Bar Mitzwa — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (bar mitsvá) — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Polish: bar micwa — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Portuguese: bar mitzvah — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Russian: бар ми́цва (bar mícva) — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Russian: бар-мицва (bar-micva) — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Yiddish: בר־מיצווה (bar-mitsve) — Jewish coming of age ceremony for boys
- Chinese Mandarin: 成年男子 (chéngnián nánzǐ) — boy who has come of age
- Chinese Mandarin: 已行成人禮的男孩 /已行成人礼的男孩 — boy who has come of age
- Finnish: bar mitsva — boy who has come of age
- Hebrew: בר מצווה \ בַּר מִצְוָה (bar mitsvá) — boy who has come of age
- Portuguese: bar mitzvah — boy who has come of age
- Yiddish: בר־מיצווה (bar-mitsve) — boy who has come of age
- Chinese Mandarin: 為...舉行成人禮 /为...举行成人礼 (wèi... jǔxíng chéngrénlǐ) — initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony
- Finnish: tulla bar mitsvaksi — initiate someone in a bar mitzvah ceremony