noun
caviar
KAV-ee-ahr
noun
1
The salted roe (eggs) of the sturgeon, eaten as a luxury food.
"The tasting menu included a small spoon of caviar on blini."
"Fine caviar can sell for hundreds of pounds per ounce."
How to Use Caviar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA very expensive delicacy made from salted fish eggs, usually sturgeon roe.
Common pairings
a spoonful of caviar
beluga caviar
caviar and champagne
Word Forms
caviars plural
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Etymology
Borrowed via French and Italian from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from a Persian word — a doublet of "ajvar."