caribe

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See also: Caribe and Ca-ri-bê

English

Etymology

From Spanish caribe

Noun

caribe (plural caribes)

  1. 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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)

  1. Caribbean
  2. hot, "sol caribe" ("hot sun")
  3. piranha fish

Descendants

  • Latin: Caribaeus