kefir

• keefir, kephir

Borrowed from Russian кефи́р (kefír); see that entry for more.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈfɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈkiːfə(ɹ)/, /ˈkɛfə(ɹ)/

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kefir (usually uncountable, plural kefirs)

1. A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquid.
   • 2015, David Perlmutter, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain—for Life, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     Water kefir grains differ from milk kefir grains and are generally used to make kefirs based on fruit juices or sugared waters.

   • 2015, Kristin Merizalde, Holistic Health Basics: 5 Tips For Achieving Better Health, →ISBN:

     Mason jars are great for making kefirs.

   • 2018, Mark Gibson, “Milk and Dairy”, in Food Science and the Culinary Arts, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 148:

     Commercially made kefirs on the other hand have seen the development of starter cultures that make the whole process more efficient and quicker while also providing longer product shelf lives.

• kefir grain
• kefiran

kefir (plural kefirs)

1. Alternative form of kafir.

• Kifer

From North-Caucasian languages via Russian кефи́р (kefír).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛfir], [ˈkɛfiːr]
• Hyphenation: ke‧fir
• Rhymes: -ir, -iːr

kefir (plural kefirek)

1. kefir

Internationalism; compare English kefir, French kéfir, German Kefir, ultimately from a language of the Caucausus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.fir/

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• Rhymes: -ɛfir
• Syllabification: ke‧fir

kefir m inan (diminutive kefirek)

1. kefir

• kefir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kefir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: ke‧fir

kefir m (plural kefirs)

1. alternative spelling of quefir

kefir c

1. kefir

• kefir in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kefir in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kefir in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From a Caucasian language via Russian кефи́р (kefír); see the Russian entry for more.

• IPA^(key): [cɛˈfiɾ]

kefir (definite accusative kefiri, plural kefirler)

1. kefir