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mashgiach

UK/maʃˈɡɪəx/US/mɑʃˈɡiːɑx/

mashgiach noun: somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.

Noun

mashgiach (plural mashgiachs or mashgichim or (rare) mashgihim)

  1. (Judaism) Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
    • Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24

Forms of mashgiach

pluralmashgiachs
pluralmashgichim
plural (rare)mashgihim

Origin of mashgiach

Borrowed from Hebrew מַשְׁגִּיחַ.

Questions about mashgiach

What does mashgiach mean?
Mashgiach means somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
What part of speech is mashgiach?
Mashgiach is a noun.
How do you pronounce mashgiach?
Mashgiach is pronounced /maʃˈɡɪəx/ (UK).
What is the plural of mashgiach?
The plural of mashgiach is mashgiachs.

Words near mashgiach in the dictionary

  1. Masherbrum
  2. masherdom
  3. mashers
  4. mashes
  5. mashes up
  6. mashgiach
  7. mashgiachs
  8. mashgiah
  9. mashgiahs
  10. mashgichim
  11. mashgihim

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