caviar
English edit
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Etymology edit
From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar.
Pronunciation edit
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun edit
caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)
- Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
- (figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kə.βiˈar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.viˈar]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.viˈar]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun edit
caviar m (plural caviars)
Further reading edit
- “caviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “caviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “caviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caviar m (plural caviars)
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Further reading edit
- “caviar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar
Noun edit
caviar m (plural caviares)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caviar n (uncountable)
- caviar
- Synonym: icre negre
Declension edit
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) caviar | caviarul |
genitive/dative | (unui) caviar | caviarului |
vocative | caviarule |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caviar m (plural caviares)
Further reading edit
- “caviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- pt:Eggs
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- es:Eggs