yom tov

[ Yiddish. yawntuhv, tuhf; English yuhntuhv, tuhf; Sephardic Hebrew yawm-tawv; Ashkenazic Hebrew yohm-tohv ]

noun,plural English yom tovs [yuhntuhvz, tuhfs], /ˈyʌn təvz, təfs/, ya·mim to·vim, yo·mim to·vim [Yiddish. yawn-toi-vim; Sephardic Hebrew yah-meemtaw-veem; Ashkenazic Hebrew yaw-mim toh-vim]. /Yiddish. yɔnˈtɔɪ vɪm; Sephardic Hebrew yɑˈmim tɔˈvim; Ashkenazic Hebrew ˈyɔ mɪm ˈtoʊ vɪm/. Yiddish and Hebrew.
  1. a Jewish holiday.

Origin of yom tov

1
Literally, “good day”

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British Dictionary definitions for yom tov

yom tov

/ (ˈjɔm ˈtɔv, ˈjɔmtəv) /


nounplural yamin tovim (jɑˈmin tɔˈvim)
  1. Judaism a festival, esp that of Passover, Shabuoth, Sukkoth, or Rosh Hashana

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