kaviar

See also: Kaviar, kaviár, and kavíar

English

Noun

kaviar (uncountable)

1. Archaic form of caviar.

Danish

Etymology

From French caviar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaviaːr/, [kʰaviˈɑːˀ]

Noun

kaviar c (singular definite kaviaren, not used in plural form)

1. caviar (roe of the sturgeon or other large fish)

Further reading

• “kaviar” in Den Danske Ordbog
• kaviar on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

1. caviar

References

• “kaviar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kaviar” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

1. caviar

References

• “kaviar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Typical Swedish sandwich with hard-boiled eggs and cod roe (kaviar 2) from a tube.

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar c (uncountable)

1. caviar (roe of the sturgeon)
2. creamed smoked roe, Scandinavian sandwich caviar

Usage notes

• Grocery stores now spell "kaviar" for the Swedish product (sandwich caviar) and "caviar" for the "real" (Russian) caviar. The standard spelling is with K in both cases.

Declension

Declension of kaviar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kaviar	kaviars
	definite	kaviaren	kaviarens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• kaviartub
• rysk kaviar
• smörgåskaviar

References

• “kaviar”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kaviar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kaviar”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Volapük

Noun

kaviar (genitive kaviara, uncountable)

1. caviar

Declension

Declension of kaviar

	Singular
Nominative	kaviar
Genitive	kaviara
Dative	kaviare
Accusative	kaviari
Predicative1	kaviaru
Vocative	o kaviar

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.