pareve
[ pahr-uh-vuh, pahr-vuh ]
adjectiveJudaism.
having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and therefore being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws: a pareve bread; pareve soup.
Origin of pareve
1First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish parev(e); probably from Czech párový “paired, coupled,” a derivative of pár “a pair, a few,” from Middle High German pār pair1
- Also par·ve [pahr-vuh] /ˈpɑr və/ .
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