chuppah

Pronunciations

chuppah (choo-PAH) listen
chuppah (CHUU-pah) listen
chuppah (choo-PAH) listen

Definitions

  • n. A wedding ceremony (not including the reception).

  • n. A cloth canopy under which the Jewish wedding ceremony is conducted.

Example Sentences

  • "The couple's chuppah is made of a tallis."

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  • "Are you going to Shaina's wedding?" "Just to the chuppah."

Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH חופה khupá > חופּה khúpe

    • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements

      Regions

      • North America
      • Australia / New Zealand
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).
      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).

      Alternative Spellings

      khuppeh, khuppe, khuppah, khuppa, khupeh, khupe, khupah, khupa, chippeh, chippe, chippah, chippa, chipeh, chipe, chipah, chuppeh, chipa, chupa, chupah, chupe, chupeh, chuppa, chuppe, khipa, khipah, khipe, khipeh, khippa, khippah, khippe, khippeh, hupa, hupah, hupe, hupeh, huppa, huppah, huppe, huppeh, hipa, hipah, hipe, hipeh, hippa, hippah, hippe, hippeh

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