caviar

Significat (Anglès)

1. (countable, uncountable) Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

Conceptes

caviar

Sinònims

caviare

roe

fish eggs

Traduccions

Kaviar

caviale

caviar

caviar

kaviaar

caviar

χαβιάρι

havyar

كافيار

كَافْيَار

steurkuit

caviar

بطرخ

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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.