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ikra

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /iˈkɹɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː

1

noun

Meaning 1

Roe of the salmon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ikura, red caviar, salmon caviar

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian икра́ (ikrá). Doublet of ikura, and possibly hepar.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ікра́ (ikrá) — red caviar
  • Belarusian: чырво́ная ікра́ (čyrvónaja ikrá) — red caviar
  • Bulgarian: хайвер от сьомга (hajver ot sjomga) — red caviar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三文魚籽 /三文鱼籽 — red caviar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 三文魚子 /三文鱼子 (saam1 man4 jyu4 zi2) — red caviar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅魚子醬 /红鱼子酱 (hóngyúzǐjiàng) — red caviar
  • Finnish: lohenmäti — red caviar
  • Hungarian: ikra — red caviar
  • Indonesian: ikura — red caviar
  • Japanese: イクラ (ikura) — red caviar
  • Korean: 이크라 (ikeura) — red caviar
  • Polish: ikra — red caviar
  • Russian: икра́ (ikrá) — red caviar
  • Russian: кра́сная икра́ (krásnaja ikrá) — red caviar
  • Serbo-Croatian: икра — red caviar
  • Serbo-Croatian: ikra — red caviar
  • Swedish: kaviar — red caviar
  • Swedish: rysk kaviar — red caviar
  • Ukrainian: ікра́ (ikrá) — red caviar
  • Ukrainian: черво́на ікра́ (červóna ikrá) — red caviar