kaviar

See also: Kaviar, kaviár, and kavíar

English

Noun

kaviar (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of caviar.

Danish

Etymology

From French caviar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaviaːr/, [kʰaviˈɑːˀ]

Noun

kaviar c (singular definite kaviaren, not used in plural form)

  1. caviar (roe of the sturgeon or other large fish)

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

Swedish

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar c (uncountable)

  1. caviar (roe of the sturgeon)
  2. creamed smoked roe, Scandinavian sandwich caviar

Usage notes

  • Grocery stores now spell "kaviar" for the Swedish product (sandwich caviar) and "caviar" for the "real" (Russian) caviar. The standard spelling is with K in both cases.

Declension

Declension of kaviar
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kaviar kaviars
definite kaviaren kaviarens
plural indefinite
definite
  • kaviartub
  • rysk kaviar
  • smörgåskaviar

References

Volapük

Noun

kaviar (uncountable kaviars)

  1. caviar

Declension

Declension of kaviar
singular
nominative kaviar
genitive kaviara
dative kaviare
accusative kaviari
vocative 1 o kaviar!
predicative 2 kaviaru

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only