caribou
See also: Caribou
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Canadian French#CARIBOUCategory:English terms derived from Canadian French#CARIBOU caribou, from Mi'kmaqCategory:English terms derived from Mi'kmaq#CARIBOU qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-AlgonquianCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Algonquian#CARIBOU *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kăr'ĭ-bū
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CARIBOUAudio (US): (file)
Noun
caribou (plural caribous or caribou)Category:English lemmas#CARIBOUCategory:English nouns#CARIBOUCategory:English countable nouns#CARIBOUCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#CARIBOUCategory:English indeclinable nouns#CARIBOUCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CARIBOUCategory:Pages with entries#CARIBOUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CARIBOU
- Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Derived terms
- barren-ground caribou (R. t. groenlandicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20groenlandicus)
- boreal woodland caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#boreal%20woodland%20caribou (R. t. caribouCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20caribou)
- Caribou County
- caribouskin
- carideer
- Dawson's caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Dawson's%20caribou (†R. t. dawsoniCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20dawsoni)
- East Greenland caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#East%20Greenland%20caribou (†R. t. eogroenlandicusCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20eogroenlandicus)
- forest caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#forest%20caribou
- Grant's caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Grant's%20caribou (R. t. grantiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20granti)
- Labrador caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Labrador%20caribou (R. t. cabotiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20caboti)
- Newfoundland caribou (R. t. terraenovaeCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20terraenovae)
- Osborn's caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Osborn's%20caribou (R. t. osborniCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20osborni)
- Peary caribou (R. t. pearyiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20pearyi)
- porcupine caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#porcupine%20caribou (R. t. grantiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20granti)
- Queen Charlotte Islands caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Queen%20Charlotte%20Islands%20caribou (†R. t. dawsoniCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20dawsoni)
- woodland caribouCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#woodland%20caribou (R. t. caribouCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Rangifer%20tarandus%20caribou)
Translations
North American reindeer
References
caribou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rangifer tarandus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Category:en:Reindeers#CARIBOUFrench
Etymology
From Mi'kmaqCategory:French terms borrowed from Mi'kmaq#CARIBOUCategory:French terms derived from Mi'kmaq#CARIBOU qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-AlgonquianCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Algonquian#CARIBOU *maka·lipowa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʁi.bu/Category:French 3-syllable words#CARIBOUCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CARIBOU
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CARIBOUAudio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CARIBOUAudio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CARIBOUAudio (France (Vosges)): (file) - Rhymes: -uCategory:Rhymes:French/u#CARIBOUCategory:Rhymes:French/u/3 syllables#CARIBOU
- Hyphenation: ca‧ri‧bou
Noun
caribou m (plural caribous)Category:French lemmas#CARIBOUCategory:French nouns#CARIBOUCategory:French countable nouns#CARIBOUCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CARIBOUCategory:French masculine nouns#CARIBOUCategory:Pages with entries#CARIBOUCategory:Pages with 2 entries#CARIBOU
Descendants
Further reading
- “caribou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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