Dictionary

caribou en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæɹəbu/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˈkærɪbuː/ (UK)
• kăr'ĭ-bū

Etymology

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).

Meanings

1. Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.

Forms

Deriveds

carideer · Grant's caribou · Queen Charlotte Islands caribou · Caribou County · Peary caribou · East Greenland caribou · caribouskin · Newfoundland caribou · Osborn's caribou · woodland caribou · forest caribou · Caribou Inuit · boreal woodland caribou · porcupine caribou · barren-ground caribou · Labrador caribou · Dawson's caribou · Caribou Eskimo

Translations (51)

it caribù (North American reindeer) · atj atikw (North American reindeer) · ro karibu (North American reindeer) · ru кари́бу (North American reindeer) · pt caribu (North American reindeer) · sl karibú (North American reindeer) · ast caribú (North American reindeer) · bg кари́бу (North American reindeer) · pot adik (North American reindeer) · de Karibu (North American reindeer) · cmn 馴鹿 /驯鹿 (North American reindeer) · oj adik (North American reindeer) · af kariboe (North American reindeer) · moe atikᵘ (North American reindeer) · eo boaco (North American reindeer) · ca caribú (North American reindeer) · es caribú (North American reindeer) · aht udzih (North American reindeer) · cr ᐊᑎᐦᒄ (North American reindeer) · mic qalipu (North American reindeer) · sk karibu (North American reindeer) · kl tuttu (North American reindeer) · ru се́верный оле́нь (North American reindeer) · ik tuttu (North American reindeer) · bg се́верен еле́н (North American reindeer) · et karibuu (North American reindeer) · tcb wudzih (North American reindeer) · el καναδικός τάρανδος (North American reindeer) · ga carabú (North American reindeer) · haw kukukū (North American reindeer) · sv ren (North American reindeer) · da karibu (North American reindeer) · pl karibu (North American reindeer) · taa bedzeyh (North American reindeer) · tr karibu (North American reindeer) · uk кари́бу (North American reindeer) · iu ᑐᒃᑐ (North American reindeer) · tl karibu (North American reindeer) · fi karibu (North American reindeer) · aht ghenaay (North American reindeer) · ro caribu (North American reindeer) · es reno (North American reindeer) · nl kariboe (North American reindeer) · ing ghinoy (North American reindeer) · fr caribou (North American reindeer) · et karibu (North American reindeer) · ms karibu (North American reindeer) · ja カリブー (North American reindeer) · eo karibuo (North American reindeer) · sek wudzįįh (North American reindeer) · tfn vejex (North American reindeer)

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