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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

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
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

References

Volapük

Noun

kaviar (uncountable kaviars)

  1. caviar

Declension

Declension of kaviar
singular
nominative kaviar
genitive kaviara
dative kaviare
accusative kaviari
vocative 1 o kaviar!
predicative 2 kaviaru

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only