caribou
UK/ˈkærɪbuː//ˈkæɹəbu/
caribou noun: any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Noun
caribou (plural caribous or caribou)
- Any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
Proper noun capitalized: Caribou
Caribou
- A rural area of Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
- A ghost town in Boulder County, Colorado.
- A city in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A township and unincorporated community in Kittson County, Minnesota.
caribou meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
caribou in Hindi
- कैरिबोउ, कैरिबौ
caribou in Tamil
- இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும், குறிப்பாக வட அமெரிக்காவில் காணப்படுகிறது, வட அமெரிக்கக் கலைமான் வகை
caribou in Marathi
- कॅरिबोउ, कॅरिबोऊ
caribou in Bengali
- ক্যারিবৌ, কারিবৌ, ক্যারিবোউ
More languagesFewer languages
- caribou in Telugu
- కారిబౌ, క్యారిబౌ
- caribou in Malayalam
- കാരിബൌ
- caribou in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾರಿಬೌ, ಕಾರಿಬೌ
- caribou in Punjabi
- ਕੈਰੀਬੌ, ਕੈਰੀਬੋਉ
- caribou in Gujarati
- કેરિબોઉ, કારિબૌ
- caribou in Odia
- କାରିବୌ, କାରିବୋଉ
- caribou in Nepali
- कारिबौ, कारिबोउ, क्यारिबोउ
- caribou in Tagalog
- karibu
- caribou in Malay
- karibu
Examples of caribou in a sentence
- I caught some good shots of a wolf bearing against a caribou.
- Common varieties of quaq include caribou, seal, fish, and musk ox.
- In my moving hands I will hold finger fans of caribou hair.
Forms of caribou
| plural | caribous |
|---|---|
| plural | caribou |
Origin of caribou
Borrowed from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).
Words formed from caribou
- barren-ground caribou
- boreal woodland caribou
- Caribou County
- Caribou Eskimo
- Caribou Inuit
- caribouskin
- carideer
- Dawson's caribou
- East Greenland caribou
- forest caribou
- Grant's caribou
- Labrador caribou
- Newfoundland caribou
- Osborn's caribou
- Peary caribou
- porcupine caribou
- Queen Charlotte Islands caribou
- woodland caribou
Questions about caribou
- What does caribou mean?
- Caribou means any of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
- What is caribou in Hindi?
- Caribou in Hindi is कैरिबोउ, कैरिबौ. See Caribou meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is caribou?
- Caribou can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce caribou?
- Caribou is pronounced /ˈkæɹəbu/ (US).
- What is the plural of caribou?
- The plural of caribou is caribous.
Words near caribou in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: caribou (page history and authors); Caribou (page history and authors); caribou (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); caribou (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caribou (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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