"kefir" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈfɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkiːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɛfə(ɹ)/ Forms: kefirs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кефи́р (kefír); see that entry for more. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ru|кефи́р}} Russian кефи́р (kefír) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} kefir (usually uncountable, plural kefirs)
  1. A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquid. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Beverages, Dairy products Derived forms: kefir grain, kefiran Translations (fermented milk): kefiri (Albanian), كِيفِير (kifīr) [masculine] (Arabic), կեֆիր (kefir) (Armenian), кефі́р (kjefír) [masculine] (Belarusian), кефи́р (kefír) [masculine] (Bulgarian), quefir [masculine] (Catalan), 克非爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 克非尔 (kèfēi'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), kefír [masculine] (Czech), kefir [common-gender] (Danish), keefir (Estonian), kefiir (Estonian), kefiiri (Finnish), kéfir [masculine] (French), quefir [masculine] (Galician), კეფირი (ḳepiri) (Georgian), Kefir [masculine] (German), κεφίρ (kefír) [neuter] (Greek), קפיר [masculine] (Hebrew), केफिर (kephir) [masculine] (Hindi), kefir (Hungarian), kèifîr (Istriot), kefir [masculine] (Italian), ケフィア (kefia) (Japanese), тарг (targ) (Kalmyk), гыпы айран (gıpı ayran) (Karachay-Balkar), 케피르 (kepireu) (Korean), кефи́р (kefír) [masculine] (Macedonian), ქიფური (kipuri) (Mingrelian), кефир (kefir) (Nogai), къӕпы (k’æpy) (Ossetian), کفیر (kefir) (Persian), kefir [masculine] (Polish), quefir [masculine] (Portuguese), kefir [masculine] (Portuguese), кефи́р (kefír) [masculine] (Russian), кефир [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kefir [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kefír [masculine] (Slovak), kefir [masculine] (Slovene), kéfir [masculine] (Spanish), kefir (Swedish), คีเฟอร์ (kii-fə̂ə) (Thai), kefir (Turkish), кефі́р (kefír) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kefir (Veps), rượu kêfia (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: keefir, kephir
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: kefirs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kefir (plural kefirs)
  1. Alternative form of kafir Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kafir
    Sense id: en-kefir-en-noun-GP-JFeIh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: keefir, kephir
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "fermented milk",
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      "word": "kefiiri"
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      "word": "케피르"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "ქიფური"
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      "code": "os",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "word": "کفیر"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kefir"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "word": "kefir"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kii-fə̂ə",
      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "word": "คีเฟอร์"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "word": "kefir"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kefír",
      "sense": "fermented milk",
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      "sense": "fermented milk",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fermented milk",
      "word": "rượu kêfia"
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