caribe

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) Cariban, belonging to one of the Carib peoples or relating to their cultures and languages
2. (feminine, masculine) Caribbean
3. (Dominican-Republic, Puerto-Rico, Venezuela, feminine, masculine) hot, spicy (of food)
4. (Dominican-Republic, feminine, masculine) hot, very warm

Noun

a piranha

Concepts

Carib

Caribbean

piranha

Caribean

cariban

Synonyms

piranha

caribeño

Translations

Caribisch

caribe

caraïbe

caribe

caribico

Carib

carib

الكاريبية

Karibische Sprachen

Caraïbisch

Karibisch

caribeny

caraíba

Hyphenated as

ca‧ri‧be

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈɾibe/

Etymology

Cognate with Island Carib: -

Cognate with Carib: karìna

In summary

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”).