Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Dogrib

Syllabification: (Dog·rib)
Pronunciation: /ˈdôgˌrib/
Definition of Dogrib

noun

  • 1a member of a Dene people of northwestern Canada.
  • 2the Athabaskan language of the Dogrib.

adjective

  • relating to the Dogrib or their language.

Origin:

translation of Cree atimospikay; from the legend that the people's common ancestor was a dog

Dogrib in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Dogrib in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈôfiNG /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …