caviar
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.[1]
Pronunciation
- (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/
- (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
|
red caviar — see ikra
See also
References
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kə.βiˈar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.viˈar]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.viˈar]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Noun
caviar m (plural caviars)
Further reading
- “caviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “caviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “caviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.vjaʁ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
caviar m (plural caviars)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: كَافِيَار (kāfiyār)
- → Catalan: caviar
- → Danish: kaviar
- → Greenlandic: kaviaari
- → English: caviar, caviare
- → Estonian: kaviaro
- → Faroese: kaviar
- → Finnish: kaviaari
- → Galician: caviar
- → Icelandic: kavíar
- → Norwegian Bokmål: kaviar
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: kaviar
- → Polish: kawior
- → Portuguese: caviar
- → Romanian: caviar
- → Romansch: caviar
- → Spanish: caviar
- → Swahili: kaviar
Further reading
- “caviar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.viˈaʁ/ [ka.vɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaʁ/ [kaˈvjah]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.viˈaɾ/ [ka.vɪˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.viˈaʁ/ [ka.vɪˈaχ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaʁ/ [kaˈvjaχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.viˈaɻ/ [ka.vɪˈaɻ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kaˈvjaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kaˈbjaɾ/ [kaˈβjaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kaˈvja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar
Noun
caviar m (plural caviares)
Derived terms
- come ovo e arrota caviar
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkaviˈar/
- Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar
Noun
caviar n (uncountable)
- caviar
- Synonym: icre negre
Declension
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | caviar | caviarul |
| genitive-dative | caviar | caviarului |
| vocative | caviarule | |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbjaɾ/ [kaˈβ̞jaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧viar
Noun
caviar m (plural caviares)
Further reading
- “caviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024