carib
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Carib¹
- /ˈkæɹɪb/ UK
- /ˈkæɹɪb/
- /ˈkɛɹɪb/
- /ˈkeɹɪb/
Rhymes with -æɹɪb
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish Caribe, likely from a Kalinago term corresponding to karifuna (“Kalinago person”) in modern Kalinago, a borrowing from a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Compare Kari'na karìna (“Carib person”). Doublet of cannibal, caribe, Carijona, Galibi, Garifuna, and Kari'na.
noun Caribs · Carib
- A member of one of a number of Amerindian peoples who inhabit the coast of Central and South America and the Lesser Antilles. Mr. Dougherty had intended to make the outing with his unwonted wife an inconspicuous one. Uxoriousness was a weakness that the precepts of the Caribs did not countenance.
- A member of the mainland or ‘proper’ Caribs (Kari'na), a Cariban people who inhabit the north coast of South America, in parts of Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s.
- A member of the Kalinago people of the Lesser Antilles, an Arawakan people who took heavy cultural influence from the mainland Caribs and so were formerly known as Island Caribs.
- A member of the Garifuna people of Honduras, historically known as Black Caribs, descendants of mixed Kalinago people and Africans who were deported to the Central American mainland in the 18th century.
proper noun
- The Kari'na or Carib language proper, a Cariban language.
- The Kalinago or Island Carib language, an unrelated Arawakan language.
- The Garifuna language, an offshoot of Kalinago.
carib²
noun caribs
- A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.
Translations
Talk about this word "carib." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/carib. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. carib. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/carib "carib." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/carib.Cite this
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title = {carib},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carib},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
