kosher

English

WOTD – 12 May 2016

A kosher McDonald's in Argentina

Etymology

FromYiddishכּשר(kosher),fromHebrewכָּשֵׁר(kashér).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkəʊʃə/
• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkoʊʃɚ/
• (rare, Yiddish-influenced)IPA^(key):/ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/,/ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Rhymes:-əʊʃə(ɹ)

Adjective

kosher(comparativemorekosher,superlativemostkosher)

2. (Judaism)Fit for use orconsumption,in accordance withJewishlaw(especially relating to food).

   Only in New York can you find a good,kosherhamburger!

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

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

4. (figuratively,by extension)In accordance withstandardsorusualpractice.

   Is what I have donekosherwith Mr. Smith?

Antonyms

• treyf

Derived terms

• eco-kosher
• kosherize
• kosherly
• kosherness
• kosher pickle
• kosher salt
• kosher-style
• 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(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Khiết thực／Khiết thực(zh)(jiéshí)

• Czech:košer(cs)
• Dutch:koosjer(nl)
• Esperanto:koŝera
• Estonian:koššer
• Finnish:košer(fi)
• French:casher(fr),kascher(fr)
• Georgian:კოშერი(ḳošeri)
• German:koscher(de)
• Greek:καθαρός(el)(katharós)
• Hebrew:כָּשֵׁר(he)(kasher)
• Hungarian:kóser(hu)
• Italian:kasher
• Japanese:コーシャ(kōsha)
• Korean:코셔(kosyeo)
• Ladino:kacher
• Persian:کاشر(kâšer),کوشر(košer)
• Polish:koszerny(pl)
• Portuguese:kosher(pt)
• Romanian:cușer(ro)
• Russian:коше́рный(ru)(košérnyj)
• Spanish:kosher(es)
• Swedish:kosher(sv)
• Turkish:koşer(tr),kaşer(tr)
• Ukrainian:кошерний(košernyj)
• Urdu:کوشر
• West Frisian:kasjêre
• Yiddish:כּשר(kosher)

figuratively, normal or standard

• Czech:košer(cs)
• Dutch:koosjer(nl)
• French:casher(fr)
• Hungarian:kóser(hu)
• Romanian:cúșer(ro)

Adverb

kosher(notcomparable)

1. In a kosher manner; in accordance withkashrut.
   • 2020August 20, Eliezer Brand, “ICE is forcing Muslims to eat pork. My fellow Orthodox Jews: This is our fight!”, inThe Forward‎^[1]:

     Just like eating halal is not a choice for our Muslim brothers and sisters, for us, eatingkosheris not voluntary; it’s who we are and as necessary as the oxygen we need for sustenance.

Verb

kosher(third-person singular simple presentkoshers,present participlekoshering,simple past and past participlekoshered)

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

Translations

make kosher—seekasher

See also

• halal

Portuguese

Adjective

kosher(invariable)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkoʃeɾ/[ˈko.ʃeɾ]
  • Rhymes:-oʃeɾ
• IPA^(key):/ˈkoseɾ/[ˈko.seɾ]
  • Rhymes:-oseɾ
• Syllabification:ko‧sher

Adjective

koshermorf(masculine and feminine pluralkosheres)

1. kosher

Further reading

• “kosher”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Adjective

kosher(notcomparable)

1. alternative spelling ofkoscher

References

• kosherinSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• kosherinSvensk ordbok(SO)