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caviar

(kæviɑːʳ) also caviare
Word forms: plural caviars
variable noun
Caviar is the salted eggs of a fish called a sturgeon.

caviar in British English

or caviare (ˈkævɪˌɑː, ˌkævɪˈɑː)
noun
the salted roe of sturgeon, esp the beluga, usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
Word origin
C16: from earlier cavery, from Old Italian caviari, plural of caviaro caviar, from Turkish havyār

CAVIAR in British English

(ˈkævɪˌɑː)
noun acronym for
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caviar in American English

(ˈkæviˌɑr; ˈkɑviˌɑr; ˌ kæviˈɑr) or ˈcaviˌare (ˈkæviˌɑr; ˈkɑviˌɑr; ˌ kæviˈɑr)
noun
the salted eggs of sturgeon, salmon, etc. eaten as an appetizer
Idioms:
caviar to the general
Word origin
Fr < It caviale < Turk khāvyār < Pers khāviyār < khāya, egg + -dār, bearing: orig., spawning fish, hence, roe

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Examples of 'caviar' in a sentence
caviar

Champagne and caviar or red wine and roast beef?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To finish there were various other fish and peppered caviar.
Jack Turner SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
The machine dispenses tins and glass jars of red salmon caviar or roe.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Its 5,000 baskets include caviar and champagne.
The Sun (2012)
And then you sat in the back of the Rolls and were served caviar and champagne.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
No man's land is less than a mile wide and contains a handful of stalls selling fish and caviar.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It's a life of lobster, caviar and the finest bubbly.
The Sun (2013)
Indeed, she is not much interested in anything you can't eat with a caviar spoon.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He would, particularly in the early days, ply me with champagne and caviar.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Caviar and champagne, too, but mainly lobsters.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I eat lots of caviar.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If you are worried about how to afford all that caviar, lobster and truffle, you are chasing the wrong demographic.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
caviar

British English: caviar NOUN
Caviar is the salted eggs of a fish called a sturgeon.
  • American English: caviar
  • Brazilian Portuguese: caviar
  • Chinese: 鱼子酱
  • European Spanish: caviar
  • French: caviar
  • German: Kaviar
  • Italian: caviale
  • Japanese: キャビア
  • Korean: 철갑상어의 알젓 캐비아
  • European Portuguese: caviar
  • Latin American Spanish: caviar
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