Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottarga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
bot-tar-ga
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mediterranean dish of cured fish roe

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bottarga. Doublet of tarek.

Origin

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Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

bottargas (plural) botargo (alternative) puttargo (alternative) poutargue (alternative) boutargue (alternative) botarga (alternative) batarekh (alternative) avgotaraho (alternative)

Questions

What does bottarga mean?
A Mediterranean dish of cured fish roe
Where does bottarga come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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