# caviar
## English
### Alternative forms

* caviare

### Etymology

From Middle French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar.

### Pronunciation

* (rhotic) IPA: /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/
* (non-rhotic) IPA: /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

### Noun

caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)
* Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
* (figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

#### Derived terms

* beluga caviar
* black caviar
* Carolina Caviar
* caviarlike
* caviar spoon
* caviar to the general
* cowboy caviar
* gauche caviar
* green caviar
* poor man's caviar
* red caviar
* salmon caviar
* Texas caviar
* Yorkshire caviar

#### See also

* caviar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* malosol

### Anagrams

* Air Cav, Avaric, variac

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kə.βiˈar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kə.viˈar]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.viˈar]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)
* 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, 2025
* “caviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.vjaʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

caviar m (plural caviars)
* 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.viˈaʁ/ [ka.vɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaʁ/ [kaˈvjah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.viˈaʁ/ [ka.vɪˈah], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaʁ/ [kaˈvjah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.viˈaɾ/ [ka.vɪˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.viˈaʁ/ [ka.vɪˈaχ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaʁ/ [kaˈvjaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.viˈaɻ/ [ka.vɪˈaɻ], (faster pronunciation) /kaˈvjaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kaˈvjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kaˈvjaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kaˈbjaɾ/ [kaˈβjaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kaˈvja.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar

### Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)
* caviar

#### Derived terms

* come ovo e arrota caviar

#### Related terms

* ova
* ovo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkaviˈar/
* Hyphenation: ca‧vi‧ar

### Noun

caviar n (uncountable)
* caviar
    Synonym: icre negre

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈbjaɾ/ [kaˈβ̞jaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧viar

### Noun

caviar m (plural caviares)
* caviar
* (Peru) a leftist, specifically one coming from a wealthy background

### Further reading

* “caviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10