kefir

See also: kéfir, kefír, and Kefir

English

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kefir

kefir (uncountable)

A fermented milk drink from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, similar to yogurt but more liquid.

Derived terms

kefiran

Translations

fermented milk

Albanian: kefiri
Arabic: كِيفِير‎‎ m (kifīr)
Armenian: կեֆիր (hy) (kefir)
Belarusian: кефі́р m (kjefír)
Bulgarian: кефи́р m (kefír)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 克非爾, 克非尔 (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
Hungarian: kefir (hu), kefír (hu)
Istriot: kèifîr
Italian: kéfir m
Japanese: ケフィア (ja) (kefia)
Kalmyk: тарг (targ)

Karachay-Balkar: гыпы айран
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)
Turkish: kefir (tr)
Ukrainian: кефі́р (uk) m (kefír)
Veps: kefir
Vietnamese: rượu kêfia

Etymology 2

Noun

kefir (plural kefirs)

Alternative form of kafir

Anagrams

Kifer

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɛfir]
Hyphenation: ke‧fir

Noun

kefir (plural kefirek)

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.fʲir/

Noun

kefir m inan

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

Portuguese

Noun

kefir m (plural kefirs)

Alternative spelling of quefir

Turkish

Etymology

From North Caucasian languages via Russian кефи́р (kefír).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [cɛˈfiɾ]

Noun

kefir (definite accusative kefiri, plural kefirler)

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
	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

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