different between dynasty vs tribe

English

Etymology

From Middle French dynastie, from Late Latin dynastia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (dunasteía, “power, dominion”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?da?n?sti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?n?sti/

Noun

dynasty (plural dynasties)

1. A series of rulers or dynasts from one family.

   Synonyms: house, lineage

2. (East Asian history) The polity or historical era under the rule of a certain dynasty.

3. (sports) A team or organization which has an extended period of success or dominant performance.

Derived terms

• dynastic
• dynastically

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Noun

tribe (plural tribes)

1. A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
2. (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
3. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
4. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
5. The collective noun for various animals.
6. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

Derived terms

• tribal
• tribally
• tribelet

Translations

Verb

tribe (third-person singular simple present tribes, present participle tribing, simple past and past participle tribed)

1. (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
   • 1696-1699, William Nicolson, English Historical Library

     Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

See also

• ethnic
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, biter, rebit

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trybe, tribu

Etymology

From Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tri?b(?)/, /?tri?bu/

Noun

tribe (plural tribus)

1. One of the twelve tribes of Israel.
2. (rare) Any tribe or kin group.
3. (rare) A league or grouping.

Descendants

• English: tribe

References

• “tr?be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.