different between tribal vs tribute

English

Etymology

From tribe +? -al, first attested in the 1630s.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?a?b?l/
• Rhymes: -a?b?l

Adjective

tribal (comparative more tribal, superlative most tribal)

1. Of or relating to tribes.

2. Based on or organized according to tribes.

Derived terms

• tribalism
• tribalist
• tribalistic
• extratribal
• intertribal
• intratribal
• multitribal

Translations

Noun

tribal (plural tribals)

1. A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo.

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?i?bal/

Adjective

tribal (masculine and feminine plural tribals)

1. tribal (of or pertaining to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribu

Further reading

• “tribal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tribal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tribal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tribal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Similar vowel sounds of bright and tribe. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

tribal

1. bright; having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.bal/

Adjective

tribal (feminine singular tribale, masculine plural tribals or tribaux, feminine plural tribales)

1. tribal

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

tribal m or f (plural tribais)

1. tribal (of or pertaining to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribo

Further reading

• “tribal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t?i?baw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /t?i??a?/
• Hyphenation: tri?bal

Adjective

tribal m or f (plural tribais, comparable)

1. tribal

Further reading

• “tribal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French tribal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri?bal/

Adjective

tribal m or n (feminine singular tribal?, masculine plural tribali, feminine and neuter plural tribale)

1. tribal

Declension

Further reading

• tribal in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tribual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?bal/, [t??i???al]
• Hyphenation: tri?bal

Adjective

tribal (plural tribales)

1. tribal (of or relating to tribes)
2. tribal (based on or organized according to tribes)

Related terms

• tribu

Further reading

• “tribal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot, grant, give, bestow, etc.”), usually derived, from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??bju?t/

Noun

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)

1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     the passing tribute of a sigh

   1. An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.

2. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.

3. Extortion; protection money.
4. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
5. (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
   • 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […]

     The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable

   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

Synonyms

• heriot

Related terms

• tribe
• tribal
• tributary

Translations

Verb

tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)

1. (transitive) To pay as tribute.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Whitlock (1654) to this entry?)

Related terms

• attribute
• contribute
• distribute

Further reading

• tribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tribute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• burtite, turbite

Latin

Participle

trib?te

1. vocative masculine singular of trib?tus

Portuguese

Verb

tribute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tributar
3. first-person singular imperative of tributar
4. third-person singular imperative of tributar

Spanish

Verb

tribute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tributar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tributar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tributar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tributar.