ikra

English

ikra

Etymology

From Russian икра́ (ikrá) "caviar", "roe"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /iˈkɹɑː/

Noun

ikra (uncountable)

1. roe of the salmon, red caviar

Translations

red caviar

• Belarusian: ікра f (ikrá), чырвоная ікра f (čyrvónaja ikrá)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三文魚籽, 三文魚子, 三文鱼子 (saam¹ man⁴ jyu⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 紅魚子醬, 红鱼子酱 (hóngyúzǐjiàng)

• Hungarian: ikra (hu)
• Japanese: イクラ (ja) (ikura)
• Korean: 이크라 (ko) (ikeura)

• Polish: ikra (pl) f
• Russian: икра́ (ru) f (ikrá), кра́сная икра́ f (krásnaja ikrá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: икра f

  Roman: ikra (sh) f

• Swedish: kaviar (sv) c, rysk kaviar c
• Ukrainian: ікра f (ikrá), червона ікра f (červóna ikrá)

Usage notes

• In Russian, Ukrainian, etc. the term means any roe, fish eggs and black sturgeon caviar.

Anagrams

• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, krai, raik, raki, rika

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈikrɒ]
• Hyphenation: ik‧ra

Noun

ikra (plural ikrák)

1. (anatomy) calf (of the leg)
2. roe (of a fish)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ikra	ikrák
accusative	ikrát	ikrákat
dative	ikrának	ikráknak
instrumental	ikrával	ikrákkal
causal-final	ikráért	ikrákért
translative	ikrává	ikrákká
terminative	ikráig	ikrákig
essive-formal	ikraként	ikrákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ikrában	ikrákban
superessive	ikrán	ikrákon
adessive	ikránál	ikráknál
illative	ikrába	ikrákba
sublative	ikrára	ikrákra
allative	ikrához	ikrákhoz
elative	ikrából	ikrákból
delative	ikráról	ikrákról
ablative	ikrától	ikráktól

Possessive forms of ikra
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ikrám	ikráim
2nd person sing.	ikrád	ikráid
3rd person sing.	ikrája	ikrái
1st person plural	ikránk	ikráink
2nd person plural	ikrátok	ikráitok
3rd person plural	ikrájuk	ikráik

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”). Cognate to Russian икра́ (ikrá), Lithuanian ikrai.

Noun

ikra f

1. roe (of fish)
2. (colloquial, figuratively) pep; spirit; zest; vigor

Declension

declension of ikra

	singular
nominative	ikra
genitive	ikry
dative	ikrze
accusative	ikrę
instrumental	ikrą
locative	ikrze
vocative	ikro

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ikra, *jьkrā, from Proto-Indo-European *ikʷ(e)r- (“fish egg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îkra/
• Hyphenation: i‧kra

Noun

ȉkra f (Cyrillic spelling и̏кра)

1. (uncountable) roe (fish)
2. (uncountable) caviar

Declension

Declension of ikra

	singular
nominative	ikra
genitive	ikre
dative	ikri
accusative	ikru
vocative	ikro
locative	ikri
instrumental	ikrom