icre

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icre

/ˈikre/

Where it comes from

From the singular icră, from Old Church Slavonic икра (ikra), from Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”). Compare Russian икра́ (ikrá), Serbo-Croatian ikra.

noun icră · icre · icrele · icrelor

feminine, plural, plural normally spawn, roe, fish eggs in general

In English

roe eggs of fish
spawn the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism

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@misc{icre_2026,
  title = {icre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/icre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}