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treife

treife is the alternative spelling of treyf.

Meaning of treyf

Adjective

treyf (not comparable)

  1. (Judaism) Not kosher.
    • The casserole looked delicious, but Moishe wouldn't eat it because it was treyf.
    Antonyms:
    kosher

Questions about treife

What is treife the alternative spelling of?
Treife is the alternative spelling of treyf.

Words near treife in the dictionary

  1. Treibick
  2. Treichel
  3. Treichels
  4. treif
  5. treifa
  6. treife
  7. Treig
  8. treile
  9. treiles
  10. treillage
  11. treillaged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: treife (page history and authors); treyf (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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