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caribou
English
Etymology
From Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”) (compare qalipi (“to shovel snow”)), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou; it shovels snow”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k???bu/
- enPR: k?r'?-b?'
Noun
caribou (plural caribous or caribou)
- Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- caribou on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rangifer tarandus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
- boricua
French
Etymology
Canadian French, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”), from Proto-Algonquian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.?i.bu/
Noun
caribou m (plural caribous)
- caribou
Descendants
- ? English: caribou
- ? Italian: caribù
- ? Irish: carabú
- ? Russian: ?????? (karibu)
- ? Spanish: caribú
- ? Tetelcingo Nahuatl: caribú
Further reading
- “caribou” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- courbai
caribou From the web:
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- what caribou in french
moose
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: mo?os, IPA(key): /mu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
- Homophone: mousse
Etymology 1
Earlier mus, moos, from an Eastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).
Noun
moose (plural moose or (dated, rare) mooses or (non-standard, jocular) meese)
- (US, Canada) The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.
- We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.
- (informal) An ugly person.
Usage notes
- The usual plural of moose is moose; compare the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant. Other plurals are rare and non-standard: mooses (with the usual English plural-forming suffix -s) and meese (jocularly formed by analogy to goose ? geese).
Synonyms
- (largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus)): elk (British), Newfoundland speed bump (Canadian, humorous)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Irish: mús
- ? Khmer: ????? (muuhs??)
- ? Korean: ?? (museu)
- ? Persian: ???? (mus)
- ? Arabic: ????? (m??)
- ? Thai: ??? (múus)
- Thai: ??????? (gwaang-mûut)
Translations
See also
- moose on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Japanese ??? (“girl”).
Noun
moose
- (US, military, slang) An Asian girl taken as a lover.
- 2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree (page 279)
- In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.
- 2011, Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific (page 75)
- Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a 'Moose' and still take care of his other obligations.
- 2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree (page 279)
References
Ojibwe
Noun
moose (plural mooseg)
- worm
- caterpillar
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English mous
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mus]
Noun
moose (plural mice)
- mouse
moose From the web:
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