quefir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кефи́р (kefír).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈfir]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [keˈfir]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

quefir m (uncountable)

1. kefir (fermented milk from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe)

Further reading

• “quefir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• kefir

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ʁ)/ [keˈfi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈfi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈfi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: que‧fir

Noun

quefir m (uncountable)

1. kefir (fermented milk from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe)

Further reading

• “quefir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “quefir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025