Caribe

See also: caribe and Ca-ri-bê

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish Caribe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.bi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.bi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.be/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾi.bɨ/ [kaˈɾi.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧be

Proper noun

Caribe m

1. Caribbean Sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, between North and South America)

   Synonym: Mar do Caribe

2. Caribbean (the islands and region around the Caribbean Sea)

Synonyms

• Caraíbas (Portugal)

Derived terms

• caribenho

Spanish

Etymology

From a Taíno or Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾibe/ [kaˈɾi.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: Ca‧ri‧be

Proper noun

Caribe m

1. Caribbean (islands)

Derived terms

• flamenco del Caribe

 

Descendants

• Latin: Caribaeus

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN