caribou

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See also: Caribou

English

Etymology

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

  • enPR: kăr'ĭ-bū
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Noun

caribou (plural caribous or caribou)

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

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French

Etymology

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

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Noun

caribou m (plural caribous)

  1. (Canada) caribou

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