kol b'seder

Edit

Pronunciations

kol b'seder (KOHL beh-SAY-dur) listen
kol b'seder (KOHL beh-SEH-der) listen

Record a Pronunciation

Definitions

  • interj. Everything's fine.

Example Sentences

  • "How's it going in there?" "Kol b'seder!"

Record a Sentence

Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • כל בסדר kol beseder, lit. 'all in order', more commonly הכל בסדר hakol beseder, lit. 'everything is in order, everything is okay'

      • Who Uses This

      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      ha'kol b'seder, hakol beseder

Notes

  • This phrase has been incorrectly suggested as the etymology for English "copacetic."

    See also beseder.

Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: