treyf

English

Alternative forms

• treyfa, treyfe, treifa, treife, treif, tref, trefa, trefah, t'refah, trayf, traif, traife, trafe, terefa, terefah, terephah

Etymology

From Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה (trefá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹeɪf/
• Rhymes: -eɪf

Adjective

treyf (not comparable)

1. (Judaism) Not kosher.

   Synonyms: nonkosher, unkosher, possul

   Antonym: kosher

   The casserole looked delicious, but Moishe wouldn't eat it because it was treyf.

Translations

not kosher

• Czech: trejfe
• Dutch: treife (nl)
• French: trief (fr)
• German: nicht koscher, treife (de)
• Hebrew: טָרֵף (he) m (taréf)
• Hungarian: tréfli (hu)
• Māori: mawehe
• Polish: trefny (pl)
• Russian: тре́фный (ru) (tréfnyj)
• Turkish: terefa
• Yiddish: טרייף (treyf)

See also

• haram (Islam, not permitted for eating because it is unclean)

Further reading

• treyf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• TERFy, terfy