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caviar

/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/

caviar noun: roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.

caviar: roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy
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Noun

caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)

  1. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
    1. A food preparation made through the spherification of a flavorful liquid, resulting in small roe-like balls similar in texture and appearance to caviar.
      • apple caviar
  2. (figuratively) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste.

caviar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

caviar in Hindi

roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)
कावीयार kāvīyār

caviar in Tamil

கேவியர், கேவியார்

caviar in Marathi

कॅविअर, कॅव्हियर, केव्हियर

caviar in Urdu

کیویر, کیوایر
More languagesFewer languages
caviar in Bengali
ক্যাভিয়ার
caviar in Telugu
కావియర్, కేవియర్
caviar in Malayalam
കാവിയർ
caviar in Kannada
ಮೀನುಮೊಟ್ಟೆ
caviar in Punjabi
ਕੈਵਿਅਰ, ਕੈਵੀਅਰ
caviar in Gujarati
કેવિઅર, કેવિયર, કેવિયેર
caviar in Odia
କ୍ଯ଼ାଭିଯ଼ାର୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାଭିଯ଼ାର
caviar in Nepali
क्याभियर, केवियर
caviar in Tagalog
bihud
caviar in Arabic
كَافْيَار kavyār, خِبْيَارِيّ ḵibyāriyy
caviar in Persian
خاویار xâvyâr
caviar in Thai
คาเวียร์ kaa-wiia
caviar in Myanmar
ကဗီယာ ka.biya

Examples of caviar in a sentence

  • They served crackers with hackleback caviar.
  • Has over forty different designer pizza toppings, such as smoked salmon, sour cream and caviar.
  • But how to stay hungry when you're dining on caviar, sycophancy and willing women?

All 28 example sentences with caviar

Synonyms of caviar

Forms of caviar

pluralcaviars
alternative formcaviare

Origin of caviar

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.

Words formed from caviar

Phrases with caviar

Words that rhyme with caviar

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Questions about caviar

What does caviar mean?
Caviar means roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy.
What is caviar in Hindi?
Caviar in Hindi is कावीयार (kāvīyār). See Caviar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is caviar?
Caviar is a noun.
How do you pronounce caviar?
Caviar is pronounced /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/.
What is the plural of caviar?
The plural of caviar is caviars.

Words near caviar in the dictionary

  1. cavey
  2. Caveys
  3. cavezon
  4. cavezons
  5. cavi
  6. caviar
  7. caviar lime
  8. caviar limes
  9. caviar spoon
  10. caviar spoons
  11. caviar to the general

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caviar (page history and authors); caviar (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); caviar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caviar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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