different between tribune vs plebeian

English

Etymology

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus, related to tribus (“tribe”) (from its original sense of "leader of a tribe").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??bju?n/, /t???bju?n/

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes)

1. An elected official in Ancient Rome.
2. A protector of the people.
3. The domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop's throne.
4. A place or an opportunity to speak, to express one's opinion; a platform or pulpit.

   The new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers.

Translations

Anagrams

• tuberin, turbine

French

Etymology

From Italian tribuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.byn/
• Rhymes: -yn

Noun

tribune f (plural tribunes)

1. platform, rostrum, podium
2. stand, grandstand
3. (architecture) gallery

Synonyms

• (platform): estrade

Further reading

• “tribune” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• butiner, turbine, turbiné

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tribune, from French tribune, from Latin tribunus

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [tri?bu.n?]
• (common) IPA^(key): [tri?b?n]
• Hyphenation: tri?bu?nê

Noun

tribune or tribunê

1. platform, rostrum, podium
2. stand, grandstand

Alternative forms

• tribun

Further reading

• “tribune” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

tribune f

1. plural of tribuna

Anagrams

• brunite, turbine

Latin

Noun

trib?ne

1. vocative singular of trib?nus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trybune, tribun

Etymology

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin trib?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri?biu?n/

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes or tribuni)

1. A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a thousand soldiers.
2. A Roman plebeian tribune or similar leader of a thousand civilians.

Descendants

• English: tribune

References

• “trib?n(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-30.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune

Noun

tribune m (definite singular tribunen, indefinite plural tribuner, definite plural tribunene)

1. a stand or grandstand

References

• “tribune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune

Noun

tribune m (definite singular tribunen, indefinite plural tribunar, definite plural tribunane)

1. a stand or grandstand

References

• “tribune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• plebian
• plebeyan, plebean, plebeane, plebien (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin pl?b?ius (“a commoner; common”) + -an (“forming adjectives”), from Latin pl?b?s + -ius (“forming adjectives”), possibly under the influence of Middle French plebeyen, plebein, plebien (“a commoner”) and plebeien (“concerning the common people”). Cf. Medieval Latin pl?b?i?nus (“a commoner”), from pl?b?ius + -?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pli?bi??n/, /pl??bi??n/
• Rhymes: -i??n

Noun

plebeian (plural plebeians)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

   Synonyms: commoner, pleb, plebe

   Antonym: patrician

   • 1533, John Bellenden translating Livy, History of Rome, Vol. II, Ch. iv, Sect. ii:

     Na plebeane will tak þe dochter of ane patriciane but hir consent.

2. A commoner, particularly (derogatory) a low, vulgar person.

   Synonyms: commoner, villain, peasant, nobody

   Antonyms: noble, aristocrat

   • c. 1550, Robert Wedderburn, The Complaynt of Scotlande..., Ch. xv, p. 102:

     There blude... vald hef na bettir cullour nor the blude of ane plebien or of ane mecanik craftis man.

   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 3.

     The feelings of our heart, the agitation of our passions, the vehemence of our affections, dissipate all its conclusions, and reduce the profound philosopher to a mere plebeian.

Derived terms

• pleb

Related terms

• plebe, plebs, plebeiance, plebeianism, plebeity, plebeiate

Translations

Adjective

plebeian (comparative more plebeian, superlative most plebeian)

1. (historical) Of or concerning the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.
   • 1566, William Painter, The Palace of Pleasure Beautified, Vol. I, Ch. iv, fol. 9 verso:

     To what purpose be the plebeian Magistrates ordeined?

2. Of or concerning the common people.
   • 1602, William Watson, A Decacordon of Ten Quodlibeticall Questions, p. 301:

     ...priuate person or plebian multitude...

3. Common, particularly (derogatory) vulgar, crude, coarse, uncultured.
   • 1615, Robert Armin, The Valiant Welshman, Vol. i, Ch. i, sig. B:

     For to plebeyan wits, it is as good,
     As to be silent, as not vnderstood.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to the common people): vulgar, common, popular

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to the common people): noble, aristocratic

Derived terms

• plebeianly, plebeianness

Translations

Further reading

• plebeian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “plebeian, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2006

Romanian

Etymology

From French plébéien

Adjective

plebeian m or n (feminine singular plebeian?, masculine plural plebeieni, feminine and neuter plural plebeiene)

1. plebeian

Declension