kefir

See also: kéfir, kefír, and Kefir

English

Alternative forms

• keefir, kephir

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

kefir

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.

Derived terms

• kefir grain
• kefiran

Translations

fermented milk

• Albanian: kefiri
• Arabic: كِيفِير m (kifīr)
• Armenian: կեֆիր (hy) (kefir)
• Belarusian: кефі́р m (kjefír)
• Bulgarian: кефи́р m (kefír)
• Catalan: quefir (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克非爾 / 克非尔 (zh) (kèfēi'ěr)

• Czech: kefír (cs) m
• Danish: kefir c
• Estonian: keefir, kefiir
• Finnish: kefiiri (fi)
• French: kéfir (fr) m
• Galician: quefir (gl) m
• Georgian: კეფირი (ḳepiri)
• German: Kefir (de) m
• Greek: κεφίρ (el) n (kefír)
• Hebrew: קפיר m
• Hindi: केफिर m (kephir)
• Hungarian: kefir (hu)
• Istriot: kèifîr
• Italian: kefir m
• Japanese: ケフィア (ja) (kefia)
• Kalmyk: тарг (targ)
• Karachay-Balkar: гыпы айран (gıpı ayran)
• Korean: 케피르 (kepireu)
• Macedonian: кефи́р m (kefír)
• Mingrelian: ქიფური (kipuri)
• Nogai: кефир (kefir)
• Ossetian: къӕпы (k’æpy)
• Persian: کفیر (fa) (kefir)
• Polish: kefir (pl) m
• Portuguese: quefir m, kefir m
• Russian: кефи́р (ru) m (kefír)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кефир m

  Roman: kefir (sh) m

• Slovak: kefír m
• Slovene: kefir (sl) m
• Spanish: kéfir (es) m
• Swedish: kefir (sv)
• Thai: คีเฟอร์ (kii-fə̂ə)
• Turkish: kefir (tr)
• Ukrainian: кефі́р (uk) m (kefír)
• Veps: kefir
• Vietnamese: rượu kêfia

Etymology 2

Noun

kefir (plural kefirs)

1. Alternative form of kafir

Anagrams

• Kifer

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kefir (plural kefirek)

1. kefir

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kefir	kefirek
accusative	kefirt	kefireket
dative	kefirnek	kefireknek
instrumental	kefirrel	kefirekkel
causal-final	kefirért	kefirekért
translative	kefirré	kefirekké
terminative	kefirig	kefirekig
essive-formal	kefirként	kefirekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kefirben	kefirekben
superessive	kefiren	kefireken
adessive	kefirnél	kefireknél
illative	kefirbe	kefirekbe
sublative	kefirre	kefirekre
allative	kefirhez	kefirekhez
elative	kefirből	kefirekből
delative	kefirről	kefirekről
ablative	kefirtől	kefirektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	kefiré	kefireké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kefiréi	kefirekéi

Possessive forms of kefir
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kefirem	kefirjeim
2nd person sing.	kefired	kefirjeid
3rd person sing.	kefirje	kefirjei
1st person plural	kefirünk	kefirjeink
2nd person plural	kefiretek	kefirjeitek
3rd person plural	kefirjük	kefirjeik

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.fir/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛfir
• Syllabification: ke‧fir

Noun

kefir m inan (diminutive kefirek)

1. kefir

Declension

Declension of kefir

	singular	plural
nominative	kefir	kefiry
genitive	kefiru	kefirów
dative	kefirowi	kefirom
accusative	kefir	kefiry
instrumental	kefirem	kefirami
locative	kefirze	kefirach
vocative	kefirze	kefiry

Derived terms

adjective

• kefirowy

 

Related terms

adjective

• kefirkowy

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ke‧fir

Noun

kefir m (plural kefirs)

1. Alternative spelling of quefir

Swedish

Noun

kefir c

1. kefir

Declension

Declension of kefir

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kefir	kefirs
	definite	kefiren	kefirens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [cɛˈfiɾ]

Noun

kefir (definite accusative kefiri, plural kefirler)

1. kefir

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kefir
Definite accusative	kefiri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kefir	kefirler
Definite accusative	kefiri	kefirleri
Dative	kefire	kefirlere
Locative	kefirde	kefirlerde
Ablative	kefirden	kefirlerden
Genitive	kefirin	kefirlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kefirim kefirlerim 2nd singular kefirin kefirlerin 3rd singular kefiri kefirleri 1st plural kefirimiz kefirlerimiz 2nd plural kefiriniz kefirleriniz 3rd plural kefirleri kefirleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kefirimi kefirlerimi 2nd singular kefirini kefirlerini 3rd singular kefirini kefirlerini 1st plural kefirimizi kefirlerimizi 2nd plural kefirinizi kefirlerinizi 3rd plural kefirlerini kefirlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kefirime kefirlerime 2nd singular kefirine kefirlerine 3rd singular kefirine kefirlerine 1st plural kefirimize kefirlerimize 2nd plural kefirinize kefirlerinize 3rd plural kefirlerine kefirlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kefirimde kefirlerimde 2nd singular kefirinde kefirlerinde 3rd singular kefirinde kefirlerinde 1st plural kefirimizde kefirlerimizde 2nd plural kefirinizde kefirlerinizde 3rd plural kefirlerinde kefirlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kefirimden kefirlerimden 2nd singular kefirinden kefirlerinden 3rd singular kefirinden kefirlerinden 1st plural kefirimizden kefirlerimizden 2nd plural kefirinizden kefirlerinizden 3rd plural kefirlerinden kefirlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kefirimin kefirlerimin 2nd singular kefirinin kefirlerinin 3rd singular kefirinin kefirlerinin 1st plural kefirimizin kefirlerimizin 2nd plural kefirinizin kefirlerinizin 3rd plural kefirlerinin kefirlerinin