caviar
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caviar
- /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/
- /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.
noun caviars · caviare
- Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
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A food preparation made through the spherification of a flavorful liquid, resulting in small roe-like balls similar in texture and appearance to caviar.
apple caviar
Similar: sphere
- Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: caviare, lumpfish, beluga, roe, amb, bring, eggs, kaviar, red caviar, ikra, osetra, sevruga, hackleback, sturgeon, green caviar, bottarga
Translations
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noun roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
| Español | caviar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 캐비아 kaebia, 캐비어 kaebieo, 철갑상어알 cheolgapsang'eoal, 이크라 ikeura |
| 日本語 | イクラ ikura, キャビア kyabia |
| 中文 | 魚子醬 /鱼子酱 yúzǐjiàng |
| हिन्दी | कावीयार kāvīyār |
| Português | caviar |
| Français | caviar |
| Deutsch | Kaviar |
| Italiano | caviale |
| Ελληνικά | χαβιάρι chaviári |
| Română | caviar |
| Русский | икра́ ikrá, чёрная икра́ čórnaja ikrá |
| العربية | كَافْيَار kavyār, خِبْيَارِيّ ḵibyāriyy |
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