caviar

/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/

nounB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,247 of 15,258leans spoken

Caviar is salted fish eggs, eaten as a luxury. A tin of caviar, caviar and blinis, black caviar.

Strictly it is sturgeon roe only, and other fish eggs must be labelled with their fish. Wild sturgeon are critically endangered and most caviar now comes from farms. It is traditionally eaten with a bone or shell spoon, because metal is said to taint the taste.

Definitions of caviar

1nouncaviarSalted fish eggs eaten as a luxury.B2+
“At the expensive party, guests ate caviar on small pieces of toast.”

caviar is a food.

Where it comes from

Middle French caviar comes through Italian and Turkish from Persian khaviyar, from khaya, an egg.

fa-cls
خَاوْیَار
ota
خاویار
vec
caviaro
Middle French
caviar
English, today
caviar

Middle French caviar, from vec caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of ota خاویار, from fa-cls خَاوْیَار. a doublet of ajvar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

Practise this word

caviar in the wild

Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea (beluga, ossetra and sevruga caviars).
Caviar
Beluga caviar is the most expensive type of caviar, with market prices ranging from $7,000 to $22,000/kg.
Beluga caviar
Ossetra (also Osetra, Oscietra, Osetrova, or Asetra) caviar is one of the most prized and expensive types of caviar (eclipsed in price only by Beluga caviar).
Ossetra
Ossetra caviar varies in color from deep brown to gold.
Ossetra
Avruga is a product made from herring and other products that is marketed as a caviar substitute.
Avruga caviar

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