pareve

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pareve

/ˈpɑː.ɹə.və/ UK
/ˈpɑɹəvə/ US
/ˈpɑɹəv/ US
/ˈpɑɹɪv/ US
/ˈpɑɹv/ US

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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.

adjective parev · parve

Jewish, not comparable Of food: that has no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient. My mom made a pareve casserole with soy hot dogs.
broadly, figuratively, not comparable Neutral, bland, inoffensive. Judaism in Cranford [New Jersey] was pareve, neither milk nor meat; it had no edge to it. I didn't see this for my life. I was idealistic. I wanted to deal with issues of faith and morality, and all they were worried about were their High Holiday seats. But then I found out I really liked the contac

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@misc{pareve_2026,
  title = {pareve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pareve},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}