caribu
Portuguese, noun/ka.ɾiˈbu/
caribu is spelled C-A-R-I-B-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caribu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “caribou (North American reindeer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero cervídeo”.
What does caribu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaribou (North American reindeer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero cervídeo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caribu
- caribus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caribu?
- Brazil /ka.ɾiˈbu/
- Portugal /kɐ.ɾiˈbu/
- Portugal [kɐ.ɾiˈβu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caribu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caribu in Portuguese?
caribu appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).