caviar

English

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Etymology

From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, egg) (cognate with English egg).

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Noun

caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, egg) (cognate with English egg).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /kə.viˈa/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kə.biˈar/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.viˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ

Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)

  1. caviar

French

Etymology

From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, egg) (cognate with English egg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.vjaʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)

  1. caviar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, egg) (cognate with English egg).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka.ˈvjaɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaviˈaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar

Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)

  1. caviar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), from خایه (xâye, egg) (cognate with English egg).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

caviar n (uncountable)

  1. caviar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈbjaɾ/, [kaˈβjaɾ]

Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)

  1. caviar
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