quefir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кефи́р (kefír).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈfir]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [keˈfir]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

quefir m (uncountable)

kefir (fermented milk from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe)

Further reading

“quefir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Alternative forms

kefir

Pronunciation

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

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

Hyphenation: que‧fir

Noun

quefir m (uncountable)

kefir (fermented milk from the Caucasus and Eastern Europe)

Further reading

“quefir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“quefir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026