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From Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kashér).

• (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)

kosher (comparative more kosher, superlative most kosher)

2. (Judaism) Fit for use or consumption, in accordance with Jewish law (especially relating to food).

   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.

4. (figuratively, by extension) In accordance with standards or usual practice.

   Is what I have done kosher with Mr. Smith?

• treyf

• kasher
• kashrut

kosher (not comparable)

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

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

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.

• halal

kosher (invariable)

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

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

kosher m or f (masculine and feminine plural kosheres)

1. kosher

• “kosher”, in Diccionario 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

kosher (not comparable)

1. alternative spelling of koscher

• kosher in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kosher in Svensk ordbok (SO)