different between caviar vs sevruga

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.

English

Etymology

From Russian ???????? (sevrjúga).

Noun

sevruga (countable and uncountable, plural sevrugas)

1. A type of sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus.
2. An expensive caviar made from its eggs.

Synonyms

• starry sturgeon

Translations