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)

1. (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