treyf

English

Alternative forms

treyfa, treyfe, treifa, treife, treif, tref, trefa
trayf, traif, traife
trafe
terefa, terefah, terephah

Etymology

From Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה (trēfáh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹeɪf/
Rhymes: -eɪf

Adjective

treyf (not comparable)

(Judaism, of food) Not kosher.
Synonym: unkosher

Antonym: kosher

The casserole looked delicious, but Moishe wouldn't eat it because it was treyf.

Translations

not kosher

Czech: trejfe
French: trief (fr)
German: nicht koscher, treife (de)
Hebrew: טָרֵף (he) m (taréf)
Hungarian: tréfli (hu)
Polish: trefny (pl) m
Russian: тре́фный (ru) (tréfnyj)
Turkish: terefa
Yiddish: טרייף (treyf)

Further reading

treyf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

TERFy, terfy

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