ikra

See also: ikrą, ікра, and икра

English

Etymology

From Russian икра́ (ikrá, “caviar; roe”). Doublet of ikura, and possibly hepar.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /iˈkɹɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

ikra (uncountable)

  1. Roe of the salmon.
    Synonyms: ikura, red caviar, salmon caviar

Usage notes

  • In Russian, Ukrainian, etc. the term means any roe, fish eggs and black sturgeon caviar.

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈikrɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ik‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

ikra (plural ikrák)

  1. roe (of a fish)
    Synonym: halikra
  2. (anatomy, rare) calf (of the leg)
    Synonyms: vádli, lábikra

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ikra ikrák
accusative ikrát ikrákat
dative ikrának ikráknak
instrumental ikrával ikrákkal
causal-final ikráért ikrákért
translative ikrává ikrákká
terminative ikráig ikrákig
essive-formal ikraként ikrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive ikrában ikrákban
superessive ikrán ikrákon
adessive ikránál ikráknál
illative ikrába ikrákba
sublative ikrára ikrákra
allative ikrához ikrákhoz
elative ikrából ikrákból
delative ikráról ikrákról
ablative ikrától ikráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		ikráé ikráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		ikráéi ikrákéi
Possessive forms of ikra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ikrám ikráim
2nd person sing. ikrád ikráid
3rd person sing. ikrája ikrái
1st person plural ikránk ikráink
2nd person plural ikrátok ikráitok
3rd person plural ikrájuk ikráik

Derived terms

  • ikrás → ikrásodik
Compound words
  • halikra
  • lábikra

Further reading

  • (roe): ikra in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ([rare] calf of the leg): ikra in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra. Doublet of kra.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.kra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikra
  • Syllabification: i‧kra

Noun

ikra f

  1. roe (of fish)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) pep; spirit; zest; vigor
  3. (Central Greater Poland, anatomy) synonym of łydka

Declension

Declension of ikra
singular
nominative ikra
genitive ikry
dative ikrze
accusative ikrę
instrumental ikrą
locative ikrze
vocative ikro

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • ikra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ikra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1916) “ikra”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary wielkopolskiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 8, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 95

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /îkra/
  • Hyphenation: i‧kra

Noun

ȉkra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏кра)

  1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
  2. (uncountable) caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra
singular
nominative ikra
genitive ikre
dative ikri
accusative ikru
vocative ikro
locative ikri
instrumental ikrom

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьkra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ikrā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yékʷr̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈikra]

Noun

ikra f

  1. roe (fish)
  2. caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativeikraikry
genitiveikryikier
dativeikreikrám
accusativeikruikry
locativeikreikrách
instrumentalikrouikrami

Further reading

  • “ikra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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