caribe
English
Etymology
Noun
caribe (plural caribes)
- piranha fish
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “caribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Spanish
Etymology
From Lokono kalingo, kalino, words used to designate strength and bravery.
Adjective
caribe m or f (masculine and feminine plural caribes)
Descendants
- Latin: Caribaeus
Further reading
- “caribe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014