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kashrut

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɑʃɹəs/ Ashkenazi
  • /kɑːʃˈɹuːt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The Jewish dietary laws, stating which foods are fit to eat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jewish, uncountable

Topics: law

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The status of (a food, etc.) being kosher or not; kosherness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew כַּשְׁרוּת (kashrut).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَشْرُوت (kašrūt) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Armenian: կաշրութ (kašrutʻ) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Catalan: caixrut — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Chinese Mandarin: 卡什魯特 /卡什鲁特 (Kǎshílǔtè) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Finnish: kašrut — the Jewish dietary laws
  • French: cacherout — the Jewish dietary laws
  • French: cacheroute — the Jewish dietary laws
  • French: kashrout — the Jewish dietary laws
  • German: Kaschrut — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Hebrew: כַּשְׁרוּת (kashrut) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Hungarian: kasrut — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Japanese: カシュルート (kashurūto) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Korean: 카슈루트 (kasyuruteu) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Polish: kaszrut — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Russian: кашру́т (kašrút) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Russian: коше́рность (košérnostʹ) — the Jewish dietary laws
  • Yiddish: כּשרות (kashres) — the Jewish dietary laws
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