tribe
English
/tɹaɪb/
noun
Definitions
- A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
- (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
- (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
- (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tribe derived from Old French tribu derived from Latin tribus (tribe, adjective).
Origin
Latin
tribus
Gloss
tribe, adjective
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- extratribal English
- hill English
- hilltribe English
- intertribal English
- intertribe English
- intratribal English
- mate English
- multitribal English
- nontribal English
- people English
- person English
- subtribal English
- subtribe English
- supertribe English
- tribal English
- tribalesque English
- tribalism English
- tribalist English
- tribalistic English
- tribality English
- tribalization English
- tribalize English
- tribally English
- tribeless English
- tribelessness English
- tribelet English
- tribelike English
- tribemate English
- tribesman English
- tribespeople English
- tribesperson English
- tribeswoman English
- tribalis Latin
- tribuarius Latin
- tribunus Latin
- tribus Latin
- tributim Latin
- Tribus German
- tribo Italian
- tribù Italian
- tribu Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- tribe Middle English
- tribun Czech
- tribut Czech
- tribu Old French
- tribus Translingual
- tribuo Ido
- tribu Middle French
- mate
- hill
- person
- people
- tribal
- subtribe
- tribally
- tribelet
- tribemate
- tribesman
- tribelike
- tribality
- hilltribe
- tribalism
- tribalist
- tribeless
- nontribal
- subtribal
- tribalize
- supertribe
- intertribe
- intratribal
- intertribal
- multitribal
- tribalesque
- extratribal
- tribeswoman
- tribalistic
- tribesperson
- tribespeople
- tribelessness
- tribalization