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Meaning of "botargo" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOTARGO

From obsolete Italian, from Arabic butarkhah.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOTARGO

botargo  [bəˈtɑːɡəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOTARGO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Botargo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOTARGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

botargo

Botargo

Botargo is a Mediterranean delicacy of salted, cured fish roe, typically from grey mullet or tuna.

Definition of botargo in the English dictionary

The definition of botargo in the dictionary is a relish consisting of the roe of mullet or tunny, salted and pressed into rolls.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOTARGO


amigo
æˈmiːɡəʊ
Argo
ˈɑːɡəʊ
argot
ˈɑːɡəʊ
asiago
ˌæzɪˈɑːɡəʊ
cagot
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
cargo
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
Chicago
ʃɪˈkɑːɡəʊ
embargo
ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ
Fargo
ˈfɑːɡəʊ
farrago
fəˈrɑːɡəʊ
galago
ɡəˈlɑːɡəʊ
kago
ˈkɑːɡəʊ
largo
ˈlɑːɡəʊ
Otago
ɒˈtɑːɡəʊ
pargo
ˈpɑːɡəʊ
preembargo
ˌpriːɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ
Santiago
ˌsæntɪˈɑːɡəʊ
supercargo
ˌsuːpəˈkɑːɡəʊ
virago
vɪˈrɑːɡəʊ
vorago
vəˈrɑːɡəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOTARGO

bota
botanic
botanic garden
botanica
botanical
botanically
botanies
botanise
botaniser
botanist
botanize
botanizer
botanomancy
botany
Botany Bay
Botany wool
BOTB
botch
botch-up
botched

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOTARGO

air cargo
albergo
borgo
bulk cargo
deck cargo
economic embargo
ergo
forgo
oil embargo
overgo
sorgo
trade embargo
undergo
Virgo

Synonyms and antonyms of botargo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «botargo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOTARGO

Find out the translation of botargo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of botargo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «botargo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

botargo
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cecina
570 millions of speakers

English

botargo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

botargo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بطرخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

икра кефали
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

botargo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

botargo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boutargue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Botargo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bottarga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

botargo
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

botargo
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Botargo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

botargo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

botargo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोटारो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

botargo balık yumurtası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bottarga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

botargo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ікра кефалі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

botargo
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αυγοτάραχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

botargo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

botargo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

botargo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of botargo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTARGO»

The term «botargo» is used very little and occupies the 173.372 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTARGO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about botargo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOTARGO»

Discover the use of botargo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to botargo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fettuccine Alfredo, Spaghetti Bolognaise & Caesar Salad: The ...
They were made with low-cost ingredients, or the only available cheap ingredients in their region. Until thirty years ago, Spaghetti with Botargo was considered to be a very poor dish because the roe and intestines of tuna and grey mullet were ...
Maurizio Pelli, 2012
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Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food ...
Botargo, a salted fish roe from the eastern Mediterranean first known in ancient Egypt, is another gourmet delicacy still popular in many Mediterranean countries. It is similar to the Greek taramds from which the now widely eaten taramosalata ...
Sue Shephard, 2006
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The Maeander Valley: A Historical Geography from Antiquity ...
72 The lake formed by the closing of the Latmic gulf is still called Bafa g ̈ol ̈u, ' lake of (female) mullets', and botargo production continues today.73 The extent of botargo production in antiquity is unknown, although it is notable that a ...
Peter Thonemann, 2011
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Food in the Ancient World from A to Z
Reliefs from Pharaonic Egypt clearly show the salting of mullet roe, now called in Arabic butarikh, and in English botargo. Both words derive from Greek ootarikhos 'salt fish egg'. The Greek word is recorded from classical times only in the form ...
Andrew Dalby, 2013
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The history of many memorable things lost, which were in use ...
Chap.XXV. _ Of Botargo, &o. 405 C H A P. XXV. Of Botargo and Caviare. 'IT remains now that we say somewhat of some Things relating to eating and the Palate, and. to oppose those Liquids of Botargo and Cdvlsiare, to the Gzzrumand Maria ...
Guido Panciroli, 1715
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A Diary in the East During the Tour of the Prince and ...
It grieves me to say " botargo " was amongst them. There is a word like that in' Burghersdicius his Logic, which always made me ill, and somehow or other botargo in the flesh, or rather in the fish, has a similar effect. It is dried fish roe, and Mde.
William Howard Russell, George Routledge ((hijos de)), 1869
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
BOTARGO, a kind os sausage, maile with the eggs and blood os the seaqnullet, a large filh common in the Mediterranean. The best kind comes srom Tunis in Barbary : lt must be chosen dry and reddish. The people os Provence use a great  ...
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Domestic Economy ...
The roe of this fish pressed and dried constitutes a favourite article of food, called botargo: it is accounted a great dainty in France and Italy. In some places the practice is to smoke the roes that are intended for making botargo. Some authors  ...
Michael Donovan, 1837
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The Miscellaneous: Toward a Poetics of the Mode in British ...
94 Botargo was an Italian relish made from mullet roe. The seventeenth and eighteenth-century quotations illustrating "catsup" describe it as "a high East- India sauce" and "foreign catsup." "Caveer" (caviar) is the only one of these foreign ...
Emily Colette Wilkinson, 2009
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A general commercial dictionary: comprehending trade, ...
It has an iron hook by which it may be hung on the laths, or on the ladder. BOTARGO, a kind of sausage, made with the roes and blood of the sea-mullet, a large fish pretty common in the Mediterranean. The best botargo comes from Tunis in ...
Thomas Mortimer, William Dickinson, 1819

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOTARGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term botargo is used in the context of the following news items.
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Outdoors: Recent herring runs offer distressing news, returns
There's salted and cured tuna roe that the Italians call botargo. Some spring fishermen find striped bass roe as delicious as any. It's creamy and ... «Worcester Telegram, Jun 15»
2
Green Scene: Athenian Gardens of Eating (and Drinking)
The star of the mezes, which featured mostly seafood, was the avgotaraho, also known as botargo, wh ich, like Italian bottarga, is cured and ... «Culinary Backstreets, May 15»
3
Pepys into the majestic past
... leads and there we stayed talking and singing and drinking of great draughts of claret and eating botargo and bread and butter till 12 at night, ... «Wanganui Chronicle, May 15»
4
review: Peck's Arcade in Troy
Simple, buttery potato slices are repeatedly layered, baked and meticulously measured pre-slicing. Ruscitto is trying his hand at curing botargo ... «Albany Times Union, May 15»
5
Maureen Lipman: 'It's not good for my image but I like the Queen'
I have scrambled eggs or botargo (salted mullet roe), which is a guilty pleasure of mine. My favourite place in the British Isles is… Skibbereen in ... «Express.co.uk, Mar 15»
6
5 questions for chef Luke Reyes of Butchers & Barbers
We're curing roe right now and working on making our own botargo in-house. We also use trout roe on our roasted squash and persimmon ... «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
7
Food is no ball at Bocce
Blandness, and a bit of dryness, also ruled the branzino ($34), served with artichoke, asparagus and botargo. The wood-oven-roasted pork ... «SouthFlorida.com, Nov 14»
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Branzino, Barolo, and Botargo: Michael's on Naples Continues to …
It goes past their seemingly simplistic presentation that isn't simple at all. It goes beyond their Meyer lemon-cured branzino (European sea ... «Long Beach Post, Nov 14»
9
Dinner to benefit Greenhouse project Monday in Carson City
... created by Cafe at Adele's, and truffle custard with shaved botargo and pumpkin gnochi in sage brown butter with ricotta salata, created by ... «Nevada Appeal, Nov 14»
10
Dining guide: Oct 23 to 29
... Szechuan bean crumble, sumac, botargo with truffle crab bisque — an interesting blend of Middle Eastern, Italian and Chinese influences. «TODAYonline, Oct 14»

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