caviar

• caviare

From Middle French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar.

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)

1. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
2. (figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

• caviar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• malosol

• Air Cav, Avaric, variac

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.βiˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.viˈar]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.viˈar]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

• “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.

Borrowed from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

• IPA^(key): /ka.vjaʁ/

• Audio:

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caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

• cuillère à caviar

• → Danish: kaviar
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kaviar
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kaviar
• → Swedish: kaviar

• “caviar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

• Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar

• come ovo e arrota caviar

• ova
• ovo

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaviˈar/
• Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar

caviar n (uncountable)

1. caviar

   Synonym: icre negre

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbjaɾ/ [kaˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧viar

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar
2. (Peru) a leftist, specifically one coming from a wealthy background

• “caviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28