Definition
A variant or archaic plural of caribou, the large deer-like animal found in Arctic and subarctic North America.
Etymology
From French 'caribou,' which came from the Mi'kmaq (Algonquian) word 'qalipu.' The -ous suffix here is a variant plural form used in older English, before the modern standard 'caribous' or 'caribou' became fixed.
Kelly Says
Caribou is one of the few words in English where the singular and plural are the same, like 'sheep' and 'fish'—so 'caribous' represents an older attempt to make a 'regular' plural that eventually lost out!
Translations
BNবাংলা
ক্যারিবু
ka-ri-bu
CACatalà
caribous
kari-buhs
CSČeština
caribous
kari-buhs
DADansk
caribous
kari-buhs
DEDeutsch
Karibus
kari-buhs
ELΕλληνικά
καριβούς
kari-vous
ESEspañol
caribus
kari-buhs
FISuomi
caribous
kari-buhs
FRFrançais
caribous
kari-buhs
HUMagyar
caribous
kari-buhs
IDBahasa Indonesia
caribous
kari-buhs
ITItaliano
caribous
kari-buhs
MSBahasa Melayu
caribous
kari-buhs
NLNederlands
caribous
kari-buhs
NONorsk
caribous
kari-buhs
PLPolski
caribous
kari-buhs
PTPortuguês
caribus
kari-buhs
RORomână
caribous
kari-buhs
SVSvenska
caribous
kari-buhs
SWKiswahili
caribous
kari-buhs
TRTürkçe
caribous
kari-buhs
UKУкраїнська
карібу
kari-bu
VITiếng Việt
caribous
ka-ri-buhs