tribun

Czech

Etymology

Latin tribus.

Noun

tribun m inan

1. tribune (elected official in Ancient Rome)
2. tribune (A protector of the people; a public figure who appeals to and on behalf of the people through oratory)

Declension

Declension of tribun (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	tribun	tribuny
genitive	tribunu	tribunů
dative	tribunu	tribunům
accusative	tribun	tribuny
vocative	tribune	tribuny
locative	tribunu	tribunech
instrumental	tribunem	tribuny

Related terms

• See tribut

Further reading

• “tribun”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tribun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.bœ̃/

Noun

tribun m (plural tribuns)

1. tribune

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

tribun

1. Alternative form of tribune

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribunus.

Noun

tribun m (plural tribuni)

1. tribune

Declension

Declension of tribun

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tribun	tribunul		tribuni	tribunii
genitive-dative	tribun	tribunului		tribuni	tribunilor
vocative	tribunule			tribunilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From trȋbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǐbuːn/
• Hyphenation: tri‧bun

Noun

trìbūn m (Cyrillic spelling трѝбӯн)

1. tribune

Declension

Declension of tribun

	singular	plural
nominative	trìbūn	tribuni
genitive	tribúna	tribuna
dative	tribunu	tribunima
accusative	tribuna	tribune
vocative	tribune	tribuni
locative	tribunu	tribunima
instrumental	tribunom	tribunima

References

• “tribun”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribūnus. Doublet of tribunal.

Noun

tribun c

1. (architecture) tribune

   Coordinate terms: estrad, podium, talarstol, läktare, plattform

2. (Ancient Rome) tribune

Declension

Declension of tribun

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tribun	tribuns
	definite	tribunen	tribunens
plural	indefinite	tribuner	tribuners
	definite	tribunerna	tribunernas

Derived terms

• tribunbåge
• folktribun
• krigstribun

References

• tribun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tribun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tribun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)