kosher

Other forms of kosher

plural

koshers·

comparative

kosherrer·

superlative

kosherrest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kosher

What does kosher mean?

kosher means "conforming to dietary laws". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kosher?

kosher has 2 syllables: ko-sher. The stress falls on "ko". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊʃɚ/.

What is another word for kosher?

Close synonyms include cosher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kosher a common word?

kosher is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.