caribou

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See also: Caribou

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (caribou) (compare qalipi (to shovel snow)), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (caribou; it shovels snow).

Caribou.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: kăr'ĭ-bū
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

caribou (plural caribous or caribou)

  1. Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (caribou), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa.

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caribou m (plural caribous)

  1. (Canada) caribou

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: kariboe
  • English: caribou
  • Italian: caribù
  • Irish: carabú
  • Portuguese: caribu
  • Russian: кари́бу (karíbu)
  • Spanish: caribú

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