parve

1 9.5

Food that has no meat or milk and can be eaten with either

adjective
/ˈpɑrv/

Jargon

: parve

You must check the packaging to make sure the margarine is parve before using it in a kosher kitchen.

Examples

A parve soup can be enjoyed with either a dairy or a meat dish.
This cake is parve and can be served at any meal.
Many desserts in the bakery are labeled as parve so they can be served after a meat meal.
Is this soup parve?
The vegetable dish was parve, so it could be served with any meal.
For dessert, we chose a parve cake that everyone could enjoy.
Many snacks are parve, making them suitable for a mixed dietary gathering.

Synonyms

pareve

vsparve

Jargon

1 9.9

Food that has no meat or milk so it can be eaten with either

has identical meaning but uses the shorter spelling without the extra e

Antonyms

dairy

112 1.0

Food that people make from milk, like cheese, butter, and yogurt

meaty

22 3.4

Containing meat or tasting like meat

Surface Forms

parve positive

Etymology

Parve comes from Yiddish and Hebrew and means 'neutral' or 'neither meat nor milk'. So a parve food has 'no meat and no milk' and can be eaten with either a dairy or a meat meal.