"kosher" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkəʊʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare], /ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare] Audio: en-au-kosher.ogg [Australia] Forms: more kosher [comparative], most kosher [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|כּשר|tr=kosher}} Yiddish כּשר (kosher), {{der|en|he|כָּשֵׁר|tr=kashér}} Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér) Head templates: {{en-adj}} kosher (comparative more kosher, superlative most kosher)
  1. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food). Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, Jewish law Translations (in accordance with Jewish law): كُوشِر (kūšir) (Arabic), كَشِر (kašir) (Arabic), կոշերային (košerayin) (Armenian), каше́р (kašér) (Bulgarian), caixer (Catalan), 潔食 (Chinese Mandarin), 洁食 (jiéshí) (Chinese Mandarin), košer (Czech), koosjer (Dutch), koŝera (Esperanto), koššer (Estonian), košer (Finnish), casher (French), kascher (French), კოშერი (ḳošeri) (Georgian), koscher (German), καθαρός (katharós) (Greek), כָּשֵׁר (kasher) (Hebrew), kóser (Hungarian), kasher (Italian), コーシャ (kōsha) (Japanese), 코셔 (kosyeo) (Korean), کاشر (kâšer) (Persian), کوشر (košer) (Persian), koszerny (Polish), kosher (Portuguese), cușer (Romanian), коше́рный (košérnyj) (Russian), kosher (Spanish), kosher (Swedish), koşer (Turkish), kaşer (Turkish), кошерний (košernyj) (Ukrainian), کوشر (Urdu), kasjêre (West Frisian), כּשר (kosher) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-kosher-en-adj-en:in_accordance_with_Jewish_law Disambiguation of Jewish law: 46 6 5 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 18 32 Disambiguation of 'in accordance with Jewish law': 66 34
  2. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (figuratively, normal or standard): košer (Czech), koosjer (Dutch), casher (French), kóser (Hungarian), cúșer (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-kosher-en-adj-en:figuratively__normal_or_standard Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 18 32 Disambiguation of 'figuratively, normal or standard': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eco-kosher, kosherize, kosherly, kosherness, kosher pickle, kosher salt, kosher-style, kosher tax, nonkosher, unkosher Related terms: kasher, kashrut

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkəʊʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare], /ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare] Audio: en-au-kosher.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -əʊʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|כּשר|tr=kosher}} Yiddish כּשר (kosher), {{der|en|he|כָּשֵׁר|tr=kashér}} Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} kosher (not comparable)
  1. In a kosher manner; in accordance with kashrut. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-kosher-en-adv-iJLzCmDl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 18 32

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊʃə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkoʊʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare], /ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/ [Yiddish-influenced, rare] Audio: en-au-kosher.ogg [Australia] Forms: koshers [present, singular, third-person], koshering [participle, present], koshered [participle, past], koshered [past]
Rhymes: -əʊʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|כּשר|tr=kosher}} Yiddish כּשר (kosher), {{der|en|he|כָּשֵׁר|tr=kashér}} Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér) Head templates: {{en-verb}} kosher (third-person singular simple present koshers, present participle koshering, simple past and past participle koshered)
  1. (transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Diets, Jewish law Related terms: halal
    Sense id: en-kosher-en-verb-va64cwbh Disambiguation of Diets: 33 15 4 49 Disambiguation of Jewish law: 46 6 5 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 18 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 22 24 32

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law."
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      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəʊʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoʊʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɔʃə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Yiddish-influenced",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑʃə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Yiddish-influenced",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊʃə(ɹ)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-kosher.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/53/En-au-kosher.ogg/En-au-kosher.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/En-au-kosher.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kashrut"
  ],
  "word": "kosher"
}

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