tribu

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

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

Inherited from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/
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• Homophones: tribus, tribut, tributs

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 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

• 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 ⁊ 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 […]

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

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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Inherited 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.

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

tribu (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)

   Synonyms: lipi, angkan

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

• balangay
• barangay

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