Carib

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkærɪb/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kar′ib)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
Car•ib  (kar′ib),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ibs, (esp. collectively) -ib. for 1.
  1. Anthropology, Language Varietiesa member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
  2. Language Varietiesthe family of languages spoken by the Caribs.
  • Arawak
  • Spanish caribe
  • 1545–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Carib / ˈkærɪb/
  1. ( -ibs, -ib) a member of a group of indigenous peoples of NE South America
  2. another name for Kalinago
  3. the family of languages spoken by these peoples
Etymology: 16th Century: from Spanish Caribe, from Arawakan
'Carib' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Caribbean - Galibi - Ge-Pano-Carib - agama - annatto - anole - balata - bebeeru - caiman - cannibal - canoe - carapa - caribe - cassareep - cavy - cayman - chigoe - courlan - curare - divi-divi - grugru - mahogany - manatee - papaya - peccary - piragua - simarouba - tamarin - tinamou - tomalley - yaws - yellow mombin - yuca

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