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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈkəʊʃə/
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General-American:
/ˈkoʊʃɚ/
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Yiddish-influenced, rare:
/ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/
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Yiddish-influenced, rare:
/ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/
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K OW1 SH ER0
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Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: allowable, abideable, acceptable, admissible, permissible, sufferable, supportable, tolerable
Observant of the rules of kashrut (of a person or establishment).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
"Are you kosher?" "No, I love to eat scallops." "Is this restaurant kosher?" "No, we serve pork."
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
In accordance with standards or usual practice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Examples
Is what I have done kosher with Mr. Smith?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: by the book, proper, rightful, halal, homodox, kosher, orthodox, allowed, conventional, customary, natural, official, routine, traditional
Antonyms: none provided
In a kosher manner; in accordance with kashrut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
conforming to dietary laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
kosher meat a kosher kitchen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosher
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
proper or legitimate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
Borrowed from Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).
Across languages
Translations 43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
كُوشِر
(kūšir)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Arabic :
كَشِر
(kašir)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Armenian :
կոշերային
(košerayin)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Bulgarian :
каше́р
(kašér)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Catalan :
caixer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Chinese Mandarin :
潔食 /洁食
(jiéshí)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Czech :
košer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Dutch :
koosjer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Esperanto :
koŝera
— in accordance with Jewish law
Estonian :
koššer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Finnish :
košer
— in accordance with Jewish law
French :
casher
— in accordance with Jewish law
French :
kascher
— in accordance with Jewish law
West-Frisian :
kasjêre
— in accordance with Jewish law
Georgian :
კოშერი
(ḳošeri)
— in accordance with Jewish law
German :
koscher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Greek :
καθαρός
(katharós)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Hebrew :
כָּשֵׁר
(kasher)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Hindi :
कोशर
(kośar)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Hungarian :
kóser
— in accordance with Jewish law
Italian :
kasher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Japanese :
コーシャ
(kōsha)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Korean :
코셔
(kosyeo)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Ladino :
kacher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Persian :
کاشر
(kâšer)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Persian :
کوشر
(košer)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Polish :
koszerny
— in accordance with Jewish law
Portuguese :
kosher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Romanian :
cușer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Russian :
коше́рный
(košérnyj)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Spanish :
kosher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Swedish :
kosher
— in accordance with Jewish law
Turkish :
koşer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Turkish :
kaşer
— in accordance with Jewish law
Ukrainian :
кошерний
(košernyj)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Urdu :
کوشر
— in accordance with Jewish law
Yiddish :
כּשר
(kosher)
— in accordance with Jewish law
Czech :
košer
— figuratively, normal or standard
Dutch :
koosjer
— figuratively, normal or standard
French :
casher
— figuratively, normal or standard
Hungarian :
kóser
— figuratively, normal or standard
Polish :
koszerny
— figuratively, normal or standard
Romanian :
cúșer
— figuratively, normal or standard
