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 (SO)
• kaviar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kaviar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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