икра

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

икра • (ikra) f

1. roe (fish eggs)

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Compare Proto-Indo-European to etymology of English roe (“fish eggs”).

• IPA^(key): [ɪˈkra]

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икра́ • (ikrá) f inan (genitive икры́, nominative plural и́кры, genitive plural икр)

1. (only singular) roe, spawn (of fish), also small eggs of frogs or other amphibia

   мета́ть икру́ ― metátʹ ikrú ― to spawn

2. (only singular) caviar (as food)

   зерни́стая икра́ ― zernístaja ikrá ― soft caviar

   ке́товая икра́ ― kétovaja ikrá ― red caviar, ikra

   у́стричная икра́ ― ústričnaja ikrá ― spat

3. (figuratively, only singular) paste (dish of mushrooms or vegetables minced into small particles)

   баклажа́нная икра́ ― baklažánnaja ikrá ― aubergine paste

   кабачко́вая икра́ ― kabačkóvaja ikrá ― marrow paste

   грибна́я икра́ ― gribnája ikrá ― mushroom paste

4. (usually in the plural) calf of the leg, (musculus gastrocnemius) gastrocnemius muscle

   игра́ть и́крами

   igrátʹ íkrami

   to repeatedly quickly tense and relax the calves of the legs

   (literally, “to play with the calves”)

5. (obsolete) drifting ice floe (especially on a river)

• Japanese: イクラ (ikura, “salmon roe”)
• Korean: 이크라 (ikeura)

From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: и‧кра

и̏кра f (Latin spelling ȉkra)

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