tribu

See also: tribú and tribù

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.bu/

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

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French

Etymology

From Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/
• (France)

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• Homophones: tribus, tribut

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. sigma-algebra

Derived terms

• tribal
  • tribalisme

Further reading

• “tribu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

From Old French tribu, borrowed from Latin tribus.

Noun

tribu f (plural tribuz)

1. tribe

Descendants

• French: tribu

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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

Descendants

• Middle French: tribu
  • French: tribu
• → Middle English: tribe, trybe, tribu
  • English: tribe

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Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• tribo

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribus, from the root of trēs (“three”). Compare Old French tribu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/

Noun

tribu m or f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 22v.

     Embio moẏſen. xij. barones de cada tribu ¬ plegaró faſta tŕa demaach ¬ uinieró atŕa de ebró.

     Moses sent twelve men from each tribe, and they reached the land of Hamath and came to the land of Hebron.

   • Idem, f. 79r.

     Sant pablo q́ ante auie nóbre ſaulus fue del tribu de beniamin naſcio en iuda e al ſegúdo ańo aṕs dela paſſió de iħu xṕo baptizo ananias e damaſco […]

     Saint Paul, who before had the name Saul, was of the tribe of Benjamin. He was born in Judea, and in the second year after the Passion of Jesus Christ Ananias baptized [him] in Damascus […]

Descendants

• Spanish: tribu
  • → Cebuano: tribo
  • → Tagalog: tribo, tribu

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Portuguese

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. Obsolete spelling of tribo (“tribe”)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/ [ˈt̪ɾi.β̞u]
• Rhymes: -ibu
• Syllabification: tri‧bu

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. (taxonomy) tribe

Related terms

• tribal
• tribalismo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tribo
• → Tagalog: tribo, tribu

Further reading

• “tribu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tribo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tri‧bu
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/, [ˈtɾi.bʊ]

Noun

tribu

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)

   Synonyms: lipi, angkan

2. (anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band)

See also

• balangay
• barangay