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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾibo/,
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Hyphenation: tri‧bo
Noun
tribo (Badlit spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)
- a socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people
- (anthropology) a society larger than a band but smaller than a state
- the collective noun for various animals
- (taxonomy) a hierarchal rank between family and genus
- a subculture; a portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features
- a dance troupe in festivals
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
tribo (accusative singular tribon, plural triboj, accusative plural tribojn)
- tribe
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾibo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Hyphenation: tri‧bo
Noun
tribo m (plural tribos)
- tribe, clan
- Synonym: clan
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tribus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtri.bo/
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Hyphenation: trì‧bo
Noun
tribo m (plural tribi)
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of tribù
1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle], published 1991, section 3:Per cagione della detta confusione convenne di nicessità che’ tribi e le schiatte de’ viventi ch’allora erano si dipartissero e abitassono diversi paesi.- Because of the aforementioned chaos, it necessarily came to be that the tribes and the progenies of the then-existing living separated and inhabited different countries.
Further reading
- tribo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tribus f (“one of the three tribes of Rome”), from trēs (“three”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ibu
- Hyphenation: tri‧bo
Noun
tribo f (plural tribos)
- tribe (cohesive group of people)
- Synonym: povo
- (historical) one of the three original tribes of Rome: Ramnes, Tities and Luceres
- (biblical) one of the twelve tribes of Israel
- Hyponyms: Aser, Benjamim, Dã, Efraim, Gade, Issacar, Judá, Levi, Manassés, Naftali, Rúben, Simeão, Zebulom
- (anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band but smaller than a state)
- (sociology, informal) subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)
- Synonym: subcultura
- (taxonomy) tribe (rank between family and genus)
Related terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
tribo (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)
- Alternative form of tribu