pareve

[ pahr-uh-vuh, pahr-vuh ]

adjective

, Judaism.

1. having no meat or milk in any form as an ingredient and therefore being permissible for use with both meat and dairy meals as stated in the dietary laws:

   a pareve bread; pareve soup.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pareve¹

First recorded in 1940–45; from Yiddish parev(e); probably from Czech párový “paired, coupled,” a derivative of pár “a pair, a few,” from Middle High German pār pair ¹( def )