Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pareve

/ˈpɑɹəvə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables
pa-re-ve
IPA
/ˈpɑɹəvə/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of food: that has no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַרעוו, פּאַרעווע (parev, pareve), of uncertain origin. Suggestions include: * Perhaps from Middle High German bar (“bare, naked”), from Old High German bar, and thus cognate with English bare. * Perhaps from a West Slavic source such as Czech párový (“occurring in pairs”), because according to Jewish dietary laws, meat and milk cannot be combined, but as pareve food contains neither, it can be paired with either meat dishes or milk dishes.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: פּאַרעוו, פּאַרעווע, bar

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɑɹəvə/
  • British English: /ˈpɑː.ɹə.və/

Inflected Forms

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Questions

How do you pronounce pareve?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑɹəvə/.
What does pareve mean?
Of food: that has no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient.
Where does pareve come from?
It is traced to Yiddish.

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