caribou
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”) (compare qalipi (“to shovel snow”)), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou; it shovels snow”).
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Noun[edit]
caribou (plural caribous or caribou)
- Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
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Translations[edit]
North American reindeer
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-Algonquian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
caribou m (plural caribous)
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Further reading[edit]
- “caribou” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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- English terms derived from Canadian French
- English terms derived from Mi'kmaq
- English terms derived from Proto-Algonquian
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English invariant nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Reindeers
- French terms derived from Mi'kmaq
- French terms derived from Proto-Algonquian
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Cervids