caribou

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Descendants 2.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“‘snow-shoveller’”), from qalipi (“‘to shovel snow’”), from Proto-Algonquian.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kăr'ə-bū'

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

caribou (plural caribous)

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

[edit] Derived terms

• barren-ground caribou
• Dawson caribou
• forest caribou
• Grant's caribou
• Peary caribou
• Queen Charlotte Islands caribou
• woodland caribou

[edit] Translations

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“‘snow-shoveller’”), from qalipi (“‘to shovel snow’”), from Proto-Algonquian.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.ʁi.bu/

[edit] Noun

caribou m. (plural caribous)

1. caribou

[edit] Descendants

• English: caribou

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abcioru
• courbai