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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French caviar.

Noun

kaviar m (definite singular kaviaren, uncountable)

  1. caviar

References

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 correct dictionary spelling is with "k" in both cases.

Declension
Declension of kaviar 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kaviar kaviaren — —
Genitive kaviars kaviarens — —
  • kaviartub
  • rysk kaviar
  • smörgåskaviar

Further reading

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
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