different between caveat vs caviar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caveat (“may he beware of”), from cave? (“I beware of”), from Proto-Italic *kaw?? (“to beware, be mindful of”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh?- (“to perceive; to pay attention”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæv?æt/, /?ke?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kævi?t/, /-æt/
• Rhymes: -æt, -??t
• Hyphenation: ca?ve?at

Noun

caveat (plural caveats)

1. A warning.
2. A qualification or exemption.
3. (law) A formal objection.
   1. (law) A formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
4. (law) A notice requesting a postponement of a court proceeding.

Translations

Verb

caveat (third-person singular simple present caveats, present participle caveating or caveatting, simple past and past participle caveated or caveatted)

1. (transitive, regarded by some as nonstandard) To qualify a statement with a caveat or proviso.
2. (transitive, law) To formally object to something.
   1. (transitive, law, specifically) To lodge a formal notice of interest in land under a Torrens land-title system.
3. (transitive, law, dated) To issue a notice requesting that proceedings be suspended.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To warn or caution against some event.

Usage notes

The modern use of caveat as a verb meaning “to qualify with a proviso” is often considered awkward or improper.

Derived terms

Related terms

• caveat emptor
• caveat lector
• caveat loan

Translations

See also

• caveating (noun)

References

• Bryan A. Garner, editor (2004) , “caveat”, in Black's Law Dictionary, 8th edition, St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, ?ISBN, page 236.
• Bryan A. Garner (2001) , “caveat”, in A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2nd edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 140.

Further reading

• caveat (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• vacate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ka.u?e.at/, [?käu?eät?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ka.ve.at/, [?k??v??t?]

Verb

caveat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of cave?

Spanish

Noun

caveat m (plural caveats)

1. caveat

English

Alternative forms

• caviare

Etymology

From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish ??????? (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian ??????? (xâvyâr), from ????? (xâye, “egg”) (cognate with English egg). Doublet of ajvar.

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): [kævi???]
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): [kævi???]
• Rhymes: -??(?)

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.

Derived terms

• caviar to the general
• cowboy caviar

Translations

See also

• caviar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• malosol

Anagrams

• Air Cav, Avaric, variac

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish ??????? (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian ??????? (xâvyâr), from ????? (xâye, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /k?.vi?a/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /k?.bi?ar/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ka.vi?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

Further reading

• “caviar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caviar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “caviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

French

Etymology

From Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish ??????? (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian ??????? (xâvyâr), from ????? (xâye, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.vja?/

Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)

1. caviar

Derived terms

• cuillère à caviar

Descendants

• ? Danish: kaviar
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: kaviar
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: kaviar
• ? Swedish: kaviar

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish ??????? (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian ??????? (xâvyâr), from ????? (xâye, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.?vja?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kavi?a?/
• Hyphenation: ca?vi?ar

Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar

Related terms

• ova
• ovo

Derived terms

• come ovo e arrota caviar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish ??????? (havyar) (Turkish havyar), from Persian ??????? (xâvyâr), from ????? (xâye, “egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kavi?ar/
• Hyphenation: ca?vi?ar

Noun

caviar n (uncountable)

1. caviar

Declension

Synonyms

• icre negre

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?bja?/, [ka???ja?]

Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)

1. caviar
2. (Peru) a leftist

Further reading

• “caviar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.