tribu

See also: tribú and tribù

Catalan

Noun

tribu m (plural tribus)

1. tribe

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/
• (France)

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• Homophones: tribus, tribut

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

Further reading

• “tribu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bruit

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Latin

Noun

tribū

1. ablative singular of tribus

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Middle English

Noun

tribu

1. Alternative form of tribe

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

Noun

tribu f (plural tribuz)

1. tribe

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

Noun

tribu m (oblique plural tribus, nominative singular tribus, nominative plural tribu)

1. tribe
   • Jean de Mandeville, Le livre des merveilles du monde, ed. C. Deluz, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes 31, Paris, 2000. Available via the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

     La comaunda ly angele a Adam q'il cohabistast ovesqez sa femme, si engendra Seth du quel tribu Jhesu Crist nasquy

     Then the angel commanded to Adam that he have sex with his wife, so he begat Seth, from which the tribe of Jesus Christ was born

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/, [ˈt̪ɾiβu]

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. (taxonomy) tribe

Related terms

• tribal
• tribalismo

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tri‧bu

Noun

tribu

1. a socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people
2. (anthropology) a society larger than a band but smaller than a state
3. the collective noun for various animals
4. (taxonomy) a hierarchal rank between family and genus
5. a subculture; a portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features
6. a dance troupe in festivals
7. Alternative form of tribo