tribu

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

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

From Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/
• (France)

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• Homophones: tribus, tribut

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. sigma-algebra

• tribal
  • tribalisme

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

• bruit

tribū

1. ablative singular of tribus

tribu

1. Alternative form of tribe

From Old French tribu, borrowed from Latin tribus.

tribu f (plural tribuz)

1. tribe

• French: tribu

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

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

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

• tribo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibu/

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 […]

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

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. Obsolete spelling of tribo (“tribe”)

From Old Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

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

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. (taxonomy) tribe

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

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

• tribo

Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

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

tribu

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)

   Synonyms: lipi, angkan

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

• balangay
• barangay