cabri

See also: Cabri, cabreé, and cabrée

English

Noun

cabri (plural cabris)

1. A pronghorn.

Anagrams

• baric, Carib, biarc, carib, Carib., rabic

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.bʁi/

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ka.bri/
• Rhymes: -i
• Homophones: cabril, cabrils, cabris

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Occitan cabrit (“(goat) kid”), from Vulgar Latin capritus (“billy goat”). Doublet of chevri.

Noun

cabri m (plural cabris)

Deux cabris (senses 1 and 2)

1. kid (young goat)

   Synonyms: bouqueton m, bouquillon m, chevreau m, chevrette f, (rare) chevrelle f

2. (Louisiana) goat (of any age or sex)

   Coordinate term: bique f

   • 2010, Albert Valdman, Kevin J. Rottet, Barry Jean Ancelet, Richard Guidry, Thomas A. Klingler, Amanda LaFleur, Tamara Lindner, Michael D. Picone, Dominique Ryon, editors, Dictionary of Louisiana French: as Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian communities, page 97:

     Le monde avait des cabris plus pour tiendre les herbes en bas.

     People kept goats mostly to keep the grass low.

Alternative forms

• (dated or obsolete) cabril

Derived terms

• comment le cabri apporte sa queue
• il y a un cabri dans le maïs

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cabri m (plural cabris)

Un cabri en noir et blanc — A navel in black and white

1. (Louisiana) navel, belly button

   Synonyms: bourrique f, nombril m

Further reading

• “cabri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN)

Anagrams

• Birac, Briac, carbi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.bri/
• Rhymes: -abri
• Hyphenation: cà‧bri

Verb

cabri

1. inflection of cabrare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• braci