caribe

From Spanish caribe.

caribe (plural caribes)

1. piranha fish

• “caribe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Craibe, cabrie

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”).

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

caribe m or f (masculine and feminine plural caribes)

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

   sol caribe ― hot sun

caribe m (plural caribes)

1. (Colombia, Venezuela) a piranha

• Latin: Caribaeus

• “caribe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024