caviar
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle 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
editcaviar (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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editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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
editcaviar 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaviar m (plural caviars)
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editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “caviar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar
Noun
editcaviar m (plural caviares)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaviar n (uncountable)
- caviar
- Synonym: icre negre
Declension
editsingular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) caviar | caviarul |
genitive/dative | (unui) caviar | caviarului |
vocative | caviarule |
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcaviar m (plural caviares)
Further reading
edit- “caviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from Middle French
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- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
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- English doublets
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/3 syllables
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- en:Acipenseriform fish
- en:Fish
- en:Eggs
- Catalan terms borrowed from French
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- Catalan terms derived from Italian
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- Rhymes:Catalan/aɾ
- Rhymes:Catalan/aɾ/3 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
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- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Eggs
- French terms borrowed from Italian
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- fr:Eggs
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- pt:Eggs
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- ro:Eggs
- Spanish terms borrowed from French
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- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Peruvian Spanish
- es:Eggs