caribou

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăr'ə-bū'

Noun

Wikipedia caribou (plural caribous or caribou)

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

Reindeer

Bulgarian: карибу (bg), северен елен (bg) Esperanto: boaco (eo) Finnish: karibu (fi) French: caribou (fr) m. Irish: carabú (ga) m. Italian: caribù (it) m.

Montagnais: atikᵘ Navajo: hakʼaz bįįh Polish: karibu (pl) m. Romanian: caribu (ro) n., karibu (ro) n. Russian: северный олень (ru) (sévernyj olén’) m. Spanish: caribú (es) m., reno (es) m.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ka.ʁi.bu/

Noun

caribou m. (plural caribous)

1. caribou

Descendants

• English: caribou
• Italian: caribù
• Spanish: caribú

Anagrams

• courbai