different between tribute vs tribune

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.

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.