Carib

 
Pronunciation: /ˈkarɪb/

noun

  • 1a member of an indigenous South American people living mainly in coastal regions of French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and Venezuela.
  • 2 [mass noun] the language of the Caribs, the only member of the Cariban family of languages still spoken by a substantial number of people (around 20,000). Also called Galibi.
  • the Cariban family of languages.
  • 3 (also Island Carib) [mass noun] an unrelated Arawakan language, now extinct, formerly spoken in the Lesser Antilles. See also Black Carib.

adjective

  • relating to the Caribs or their language.
  • relating to Island Carib or Black Carib.

Origin:

from Spanish caribe, from Haitian Creole. Compare with cannibal