tribu

tribu m (plural tribus)

1. tribe

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by/
• (France)

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• Homophones: tribus, tribut

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe

• “tribu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• bruit

tribū

1. ablative singular of tribus

tribu

1. Alternative form of tribe

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

tribu f (plural tribuz)

1. tribe

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

Latin tribus.

tribu f (plural tribus)

1. tribe
2. (taxonomy) tribe

From Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

• Hyphenation: tri‧bu

tribu

1. a socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people
2. (anthropology) a society larger than a band but smaller than a state
3. the collective noun for various animals
4. (taxonomy) a hierarchal rank between family and genus
5. a subculture; a portion of a culture distinguished by its customs or other features
6. a dance troupe in festivals
7. Alternative form of tribo