caviar

• caviare

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).

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): [kæviːɑɹ]
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [kæviːɑː]

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.

• caviar to the general
• cowboy caviar

• caviar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• malosol

• Air Cav, Avaric, variac

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).

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

caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

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).

• IPA^(key): /ka.vjaʁ/

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caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

• “caviar” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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).

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

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar

• ova
• ovo

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).

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

caviar n (uncountable)

1. caviar

• icre negre

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbjaɾ/, [kaˈβjaɾ]

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar