metsuyan

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Pronunciations

metsuyan (meh-TSOO-yahn) listen

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Definitions

  • adj., interj. Excellent.

Example Sentences

  • "When I asked what’s wrong, she just angrily said that 'Everything is metsuyan (that means excellent in Hebrew, which is my second language)'." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • מְצֻיָּן metsuyán

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      metsuyon, metzuyon, metzuyan

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