tribo

See also: tribo-

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibo/ [ˈt̪ɾ̪i.bo]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Hyphenation: tri‧bo

Noun

tribo (Badlit spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)
   1. (anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band but smaller than a state)
   2. (sociology, informal) tribe, subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)
   3. a dance troupe in festivals
2. (taxonomy) tribe (rank between family and genus)
3. a collective noun for various animals

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

tribo

Wikipedia ^eo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtribo/
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Hyphenation: tri‧bo

Noun

tribo (accusative singular tribon, plural triboj, accusative plural tribojn)

1. tribe

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibo/ [ˈt̪ɾi.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Hyphenation: tri‧bo

Noun

tribo m (plural tribos)

1. tribe, clan

   Synonym: clan

Related terms

• tribal

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.bo/
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Hyphenation: trì‧bo

Noun

tribo m (plural tribi)

1. (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

• torbi

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

tribo

Wikipedia ^pt

Alternative forms

• tríbu (pre-reform spelling)
• tribu (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tribus (“one of the three tribes of Rome”), from trēs (“three”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi.bu/ [ˈtɾi.βu]

• Rhymes: -ibu
• Hyphenation: tri‧bo

Noun

tribo f (plural tribos)

1. tribe (cohesive group of people)

   Synonym: povo

   1. (anthropology) tribe (society larger than a band but smaller than a state)
      1. (Ancient Rome) one of the three original tribes of Rome

         Hyponyms: Ramnes, Luceres, Tities

      2. (biblical) one of the twelve tribes of Israel

         Hyponyms: Aser, Benjamim, Dã, Efraim, Gade, Issacar, Judá, Levi, Manassés, Naftali, Rúben, Simeão, Zebulom

   2. (sociology, informal) tribe, subculture (portion of a culture distinguished by its customs)

      Synonym: subcultura

2. (taxonomy) tribe (rank between family and genus)

Related terms

• tribal
• tribalidade
• tribalismo
• tribalista
• tribalização
• tribuna
• tribunal
• tribuno

Further reading

• “tribo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tribo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tribo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tribo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾibo/ [ˈt̪ɾiː.bo]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: tri‧bo

Noun

tribo (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜊᜓ)

1. alternative form of tribu