different between caribou vs reindeer

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)

1. 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)

1. 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

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle English reyndere, reynder, rayne-dere, from Old Norse hreindýri (“reindeer”), from hreinn + dýr (“animal”). Displaced native Old English hr?n.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??e?nd??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??e?nd??/
• Hyphenation: rein?deer

Noun

reindeer (plural reindeer or reindeers)

1. (plural: reindeer) Any Arctic and subarctic-dwelling deer of the species Rangifer tarandus, with a number of subspecies.
2. (plural: reindeers, biology) Any species, subspecies, ecotype, or other scientific grouping of such animals.

Hyponyms

• caribou

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• reindeer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia