caribou
See also: Caribou
English edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caribou (plural caribous or caribou)
- Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
Derived terms edit
- barren-ground caribou (R. t. groenlandicus)
- boreal woodland caribou (R. t. caribou)
- Caribou County
- Dawson's caribou (†R. t. dawsoni)
- East Greenland caribou (†R. t. eogroenlandicus)
- forest caribou
- Grant's caribou (R. t. granti)
- Labrador caribou (R. t. caboti)
- Newfoundland caribou (R. t. terraenovae)
- Osborn's caribou (R. t. osborni)
- Peary caribou (R. t. pearyi)
- porcupine caribou (R. t. granti)
- Queen Charlotte Islands caribou (†R. t. dawsoni)
- woodland caribou (R. t. caribou)
Translations edit
North American reindeer
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References edit
- caribou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rangifer tarandus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caribou m (plural caribous)
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: kariboe
- → English: caribou
- → Italian: caribù
- → Irish: carabú
- → Portuguese: caribu
- → Russian: кари́бу (karíbu)
- → Spanish: caribú
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú
Further reading edit
- “caribou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.