"caviar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/ (note: rhotic), /ˈkæv.iˌɑː/ (note: non-rhotic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-caviar.wav [Southern-England] Forms: caviars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|caviar}} French caviar, {{der|en|it|caviale|caviaro}} Italian caviaro, {{der|en|ota|خاویار|tr=havyar}} Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), {{der|en|fa|خاویار|tr=xâvyâr}} Persian خاویار (xâvyâr), {{doublet|en|ajvar}} Doublet of ajvar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars)
  1. Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Acipenseriform fish, Eggs, Fish Translations (roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)): havjar [masculine] (Albanian), كَافْيَار (kafyār) [masculine] (Arabic), խավիար (xaviar) (Armenian), kürü (Azerbaijani), ікра́ (ikrá) [feminine] (Belarusian), чо́рная ікра́ (čórnaja ikrá) (english: black caviar) [feminine] (Belarusian), хайве́р (hajvér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), че́рен хайве́р (čéren hajvér) (english: black caviar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), чер хайве́р (čer hajvér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), caviar [masculine] (Catalan), 魚籽醬; 魚子醬 (Chinese Cantonese), 鱼籽酱 (Chinese Cantonese), 鱼子酱 (jyu⁴ zi² zoeng³) (Chinese Cantonese), 魚子醬 (Chinese Mandarin), 鱼子酱 (yúzǐjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), kaviár [masculine] (Czech), kaviar [common-gender] (Danish), kaviaar [masculine] (Dutch), kaviaro (Esperanto), styrjurogn [neuter] (Faroese), kaviar [neuter] (Faroese), kaviaari (Finnish), caviar [masculine] (French), caviar [masculine] (Galician), ხიზილალა (xizilala) (Georgian), Kaviar [masculine] (German), χαβιάρι (chaviári) [neuter] (Greek), kaviaari (Greenlandic), कावीयार (kāvīyār) (Hindi), kaviár (Hungarian), ikra (Hungarian), kavíar [masculine] (Icelandic), caviale [masculine] (Italian), イクラ (ikura) (Japanese), キャビア (kyabia) (Japanese), 캐비아 (kaebia) (Korean), 캐비어 (kaebieo) (Korean), 철갑상어알 (cheolgapsang'eoal) (Korean), 이크라 (ikeura) (Korean), ка́вијар (kávijar) [masculine] (Macedonian), и́кра (íkra) [feminine] (Macedonian), خاویار (Mazanderani), meađđenmeastu (Northern Sami), meađđennjuvddus (Northern Sami), kaviar [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaviar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خاویار (xâvyâr) (Persian), kawior [masculine] (Polish), ikra [feminine] (Polish), caviar [masculine] (Portuguese), caviar [neuter] (Romanian), caviar [masculine] (Romansch), икра́ (ikrá) [feminine] (Russian), чёрная икра́ (čórnaja ikrá) (english: black caviar) [feminine] (Russian), кавијар [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), икра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kavijar [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ikra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kaviár [masculine] (Slovak), caviar [masculine] (Spanish), kaviar [common-gender] (Swedish), rysk kaviar [common-gender] (Swedish), bihud (Tagalog), คาเวียร์ (kaa-wiia) (Thai), havyar (Turkish), кав'я́р (kavʺjár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), чо́рний кав'я́р (čórnyj kavʺjár) (english: black caviar) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cafiar [masculine] (Welsh), cafiâr [masculine] (Welsh), קאַוויאַר (kavyar) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-caviar-en-noun-lAD93ude Disambiguation of Acipenseriform fish: 98 2 Disambiguation of Eggs: 69 31 Disambiguation of Fish: 98 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)': 98 2
  2. (figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-caviar-en-noun-DB6zns-f
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caviare Related terms: malosol

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          "roman": "jyu⁴ zi² zoeng³",
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          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "魚子醬"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yúzǐjiàng",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "鱼子酱"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kaviár"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kaviar"
        },
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          "word": "kaviaar"
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          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
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          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "kaviaari"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xizilala",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "ხიზილალა"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Kaviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chaviári",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "χαβιάρι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "kaviaari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kāvīyār",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "कावीयार"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "kaviár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "ikra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kavíar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caviale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ikura",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "イクラ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyabia",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "キャビア"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kaebia",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "캐비아"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "kaebieo",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "캐비어"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheolgapsang'eoal",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "철갑상어알"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ikeura",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "이크라"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kávijar",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ка́вијар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "íkra",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "и́кра"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mzn",
          "lang": "Mazanderani",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "خاویار"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "meađđenmeastu"
        },
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          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "meađđennjuvddus"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "kaviar"
        },
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          "word": "kaviar"
        },
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xâvyâr",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "خاویار"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kawior"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ikra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ikrá",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "икра́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "black caviar",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čórnaja ikrá",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чёрная икра́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кавијар"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "икра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kavijar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ikra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kaviár"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kaviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "rysk kaviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "bihud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kaa-wiia",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "คาเวียร์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "word": "havyar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kavʺjár",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кав'я́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "english": "black caviar",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čórnyj kavʺjár",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чо́рний кав'я́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cafiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cafiâr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "kavyar",
          "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "קאַוויאַר"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste."
      ],
      "id": "en-caviar-en-noun-DB6zns-f",
      "links": [
        [
          "flavor",
          "flavor"
        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
        ],
        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.iˌɑː/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "caviare"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Italian",
    "English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "English terms derived from Persian",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)/3 syllables",
    "en:Acipenseriform fish",
    "en:Eggs",
    "en:Fish",
    "es:Eggs"
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    {
      "word": "beluga caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "black caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Carolina Caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "caviar spoon"
    },
    {
      "word": "caviar to the general"
    },
    {
      "word": "cowboy caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "gauche caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "green caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "poor man's caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "red caviar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yorkshire caviar"
    }
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      "expansion": "French caviar",
      "name": "bor"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "it",
        "3": "caviale",
        "4": "caviaro"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian caviaro",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "خاویار",
        "tr": "havyar"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "خاویار",
        "tr": "xâvyâr"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian خاویار (xâvyâr)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ajvar"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ajvar",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caviars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "malosol"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "Roe of the sturgeon or of certain other large fish, considered a delicacy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Roe",
          "roe"
        ],
        [
          "sturgeon",
          "sturgeon"
        ],
        [
          "delicacy",
          "delicacy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste."
      ],
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          "flavor",
          "flavor"
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        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "vulgar",
          "vulgar"
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        [
          "taste",
          "taste"
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        "(figurative) Something whose flavor is too fine for the vulgar taste."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.iˌɑɹ/",
      "note": "rhotic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæv.iˌɑː/",
      "note": "non-rhotic"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "caviare"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "havjar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kafyār",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَافْيَار"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xaviar",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "խավիար"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "kürü"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ikrá",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ікра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "english": "black caviar",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "čórnaja ikrá",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чо́рная ікра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hajvér",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хайве́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "black caviar",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čéren hajvér",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "че́рен хайве́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čer hajvér",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чер хайве́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "魚籽醬; 魚子醬"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "鱼籽酱"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jyu⁴ zi² zoeng³",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "鱼子酱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "魚子醬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yúzǐjiàng",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "鱼子酱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaviár"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaviaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "kaviaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "styrjurogn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "kaviaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xizilala",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "ხიზილალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chaviári",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χαβιάρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "kaviaari"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāvīyār",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "कावीयार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "kaviár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "ikra"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kavíar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ikura",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "イクラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyabia",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "キャビア"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kaebia",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "캐비아"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kaebieo",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "캐비어"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "cheolgapsang'eoal",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "철갑상어알"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ikeura",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "이크라"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kávijar",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́вијар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "íkra",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́кра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzn",
      "lang": "Mazanderani",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "خاویار"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "meađđenmeastu"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "meađđennjuvddus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xâvyâr",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "خاویار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kawior"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ikra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ikrá",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "икра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "black caviar",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čórnaja ikrá",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чёрная икра́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кавијар"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "икра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kavijar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ikra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaviár"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rysk kaviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "bihud"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kaa-wiia",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "คาเวียร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "word": "havyar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kavʺjár",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кав'я́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "black caviar",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čórnyj kavʺjár",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чо́рний кав'я́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafiâr"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kavyar",
      "sense": "roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאַוויאַר"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caviar"
}
{
  "called_from": "translations/611",
  "msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Chinese Cantonese', 'code': 'yue', 'sense': 'roe of the sturgeon or other large fish (black caviar)', 'word': '魚籽醬; 魚子醬'}",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "caviar",
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}

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