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caviar

caviar

noun kah-VYAR Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Usage Note

Caviar is a French masculine noun (borrowed from Italian/Turkish) referring to salted sturgeon roe. In French administrative slang, caviar also means text that has been blacked out by censors — caviardage is the noun for such censorship. The verb caviarder means 'to censor' (by blacking out text).

Examples

"Ils ont servi du caviar à la réception."

Natural Translation

They served caviar at the reception.

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