different between tribe vs levite

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.

Esperanto

Adverb

levite

1. past adverbial passive participle of levi

Finnish

Etymology

levittää +? -e

Noun

levite

1. spread, table spread

Declension

Anagrams

• Veteli, ilveet

Portuguese

Verb

levite

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of levitar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of levitar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of levitar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of levitar

Spanish

Verb

levite

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