caviar

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• /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/ rhotic
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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.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: havjar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Arabic: كَافْيَار (kavyār) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Arabic: خِبْيَارِيّ (ḵibyāriyy) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Armenian: խավիար (xaviar) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Azerbaijani: kürü — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Belarusian: ікра́ (ikrá) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Belarusian: чо́рная ікра́ (čórnaja ikrá) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Bulgarian: хайве́р (hajvér) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Bulgarian: че́рен хайве́р (čéren hajvér) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Bulgarian: чер хайве́р (čer hajvér) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Catalan: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Chinese Cantonese: 魚籽醬; 魚子醬 /鱼籽酱 — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Chinese Cantonese: 鱼子酱 (jyu4 zi2 zoeng3) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Chinese Mandarin: 魚子醬 /鱼子酱 (yúzǐjiàng) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Czech: kaviár — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Danish: kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Dutch: kaviaar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Esperanto: kaviaro — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Faroese: styrjurogn — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Faroese: kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Finnish: kaviaari — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• French: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Galician: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Georgian: ხიზილალა (xizilala) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• German: Kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Greek: χαβιάρι (chaviári) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Ancient Greek: χαβιάρι (khabiári) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Ancient Greek: χαβιάριον (khabiárion) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Ancient Greek: χαβάρᾱ (khabárā) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Greenlandic: kaviaari — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Hindi: कावीयार (kāvīyār) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Hungarian: kaviár — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Hungarian: ikra — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Icelandic: kavíar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Italian: caviale — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Japanese: イクラ (ikura) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Japanese: キャビア (kyabia) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Korean: 캐비아 (kaebia) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Korean: 캐비어 (kaebieo) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Korean: 철갑상어알 (cheolgapsang'eoal) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Korean: 이크라 (ikeura) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Latin: chabiarium — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Macedonian: ка́вијар (kávijar) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Macedonian: и́кра (íkra) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Mazanderani: خاویار — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Norwegian Bokmål: kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Persian: خاویار (xâvyâr) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Polish: kawior — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Polish: ikra — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Portuguese: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Romanian: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Romansh: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Russian: икра́ (ikrá) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Russian: чёрная икра́ (čórnaja ikrá) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Northern Sami: meađđenmeastu — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Northern Sami: meađđennjuvddus — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Serbo-Croatian: кавијар — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Serbo-Croatian: икра — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Serbo-Croatian: kavijar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Serbo-Croatian: ikra — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Slovak: kaviár — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Spanish: caviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Swedish: kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Swedish: rysk kaviar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Tagalog: bihud — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Thai: คาเวียร์ (kaa-wiia) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Turkish: havyar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Turkmen: işbil — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Ukrainian: кав'я́р (kavʺjár) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Ukrainian: чо́рний кав'я́р (čórnyj kavʺjár) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Welsh: cafiar — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Welsh: cafiâr — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
• Yiddish: קאַוויאַר (kavyar) — roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)