kosher

English

WOTD – 12 May 2016

A kosher McDonald's in Argentina

Etymology

From Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊʃə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊʃəɹ/
• (rare, Yiddish-influenced) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃə(ɹ)

Adjective

kosher (comparative more kosher, superlative most kosher)

1. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).

   Only in New York can you find a good, kosher hamburger!

   David's mother kept a kosher kitchen, with separate sets of dishes for meat and for dairy.

   In order for a suit to be kosher, it cannot contain both wool and linen together.

2. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.

   Is what I have done kosher with Mr. Smith?

Antonyms

• treyf

Derived terms

• eco-kosher
• kosherize
• kosherly
• kosherness
• kosher pickle
• kosher salt
• kosher tax
• nonkosher
• unkosher

 

Related terms

• kasher
• kashrut

Translations

in accordance with Jewish law

• Arabic: كُوشِر (kūšir), كَشِر (kašir)
• Aramaic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կոշերային (košerayin)
• Bulgarian: каше́р (kašér)
• Catalan: caixer
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: košer (cs)
• Dutch: koosjer (nl)
• Esperanto: koŝera
• Estonian: koššer
• Finnish: košer (fi)
• French: casher (fr), kascher (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: koscher (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: καθαρός (el) (katharós)
• Hebrew: כָּשֵׁר (he) (kasher)
• Hungarian: kóser (hu)
• Italian: kasher
• Japanese: コーシャ (kōsha)
• Korean: 코셔 (kosyeo)
• Ladino: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: کاشر (kâšer), کوشر (košer)
• Polish: koszerny (pl)
• Portuguese: kosher (pt)
• Romanian: cușer (ro)
• Russian: коше́рный (ru) (košérnyj)
• Spanish: kosher (es)
• Swedish: kosher
• Yiddish: כּשר (kosher)

figuratively, normal or standard

• Czech: košer (cs)
• Dutch: koosjer (nl)
• French: casher (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: kóser (hu)
• Romanian: cúșer (ro)

Verb

kosher (third-person singular simple present koshers, present participle koshering, simple past and past participle koshered)

1. (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.

Translations

make kosher — see kasher

See also

• halal

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Portuguese

Adjective

kosher (invariable)

1. (of food) kosher (prepared in accordance with Jewish religious practices)

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Spanish

Adjective

kosher m or f (masculine and feminine plural kosheres)

1. kosher