tribu

See also: tribú and tribù

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾi.βu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾi.bu]

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: tribus, tribut, tributs

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

Latin

Noun

tribū

1. ablative singular of tribus

Middle English

Noun

tribu

1. Alternative form of tribe

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tribu, borrowed from Latin tribus.

Noun

tribu f (plural tribuz)

1. tribe

Descendants

• French: tribu

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

Noun

tribu oblique singular, 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

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 ⁊ plegarõ faſta tr̃a demaach ⁊ uinierõ atr̃a de ebrõ.

     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 q̃ ante auie nõbre ſaulus fue del tribu de beniamin naſcio en iuda e al ſegũdo año ap̃s dela paſſiõ de iħu xp̃o 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

Portuguese

Noun

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. Obsolete spelling of tribo (“tribe”).
   • 1938 December 31, “O Fantasma – rei das selvas” (chapter 13), in A Gazetinha Nova Phase, volume VI, number 451, São Paulo, page 3:

     Os nativo^[sic] pensam que o Fantasma tem medo de Roark e por isso desprezam sua autoridade e as guerras recomeçam na tribu.

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tribo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/ [ˈt̪ɾiː.bʊ]
• Rhymes: -ibu
• Syllabification: tri‧bu

Noun

tribu (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)

   Synonyms: lipi, angkan

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

See also

• balangay
• barangay

Further reading

• “tribu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018