caribou

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

caribou^¹

/ˈkæɹəbu/ US
/ˈkærɪbuː/ UK

Where it comes from

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”).

noun caribous · caribou

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

Caribou^²

proper noun

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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: reindeer, greenland caribou, rangifer tarandus, herd, hunting, eater, cariboo, rangifer, carriboo, carideer, peary caribou, mountain reindeer, svalbard reindeer, carabao, telemetacarpal deer, taruca

Translations

Every language

noun North American reindeer

Español	caribú, reno
日本語	カリブー karibū
中文	馴鹿 /驯鹿 xùnlù
Português	caribu
Français	caribou
Deutsch	Karibu
Italiano	caribù
Ελληνικά	καναδικός τάρανδος kanadikós tárandos
Română	caribu, karibu
Русский	кари́бу karíbu, се́верный оле́нь sévernyj olénʹ

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"caribou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caribou. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

caribou. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caribou

Chicago

"caribou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caribou.

BibTeX

@misc{caribou_2026,
  title = {caribou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caribou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}