carib

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carib (plural caribs)

1. A hummingbird of the genus Eulampis.

• green-throated carib
• purple-throated carib

• baric, Cabri, biarc, rabic, cabri

Borrowed from Spanish caribe.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈɾip]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈɾip]

carib m or f (masculine and feminine plural caribs)

1. Carib, Cariban (relating or pertaining to the Caribs or their languages)

• caribeny
• el Carib
• mar Carib

carib m or f by sense (plural caribs)

1. Carib

carib m (uncountable)

1. Carib (language)

• “carib”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

carib m (plural caribi)

1. alternative form of caraib