Caribe

See also: caribe and Ca-ri-bê

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish Caribe.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾi.bi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾi.be/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kaˈɾi.bɨ/ [kaˈɾi.βɨ]

  • Hyphenation: Ca‧ri‧be

Proper noun

Caribe m

  1. Caribbean Sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, between North and South America)
    Synonym: Mar do Caribe
  2. Caribbean (the islands and region around the Caribbean Sea)

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From a Taíno or 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”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾibe/ [kaˈɾi.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ibe
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ri‧be

Proper noun

Caribe m

  1. Caribbean (islands)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Latin: Caribaeus

References
  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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