English Online Dictionary. What means carey? What does carey mean?
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Taíno carey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾei/ [kaˈɾei̯]
- Rhymes: -ei
- Syllabification: ca‧rey
Noun
carey m (plural careyes)
- hawksbill turtle
- (uncountable) tortoiseshell
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: carei
- → Tagalog: karay
Further reading
- “carey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10