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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[ English

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[ Etymology

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

[ Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪb

[ Noun

Singular tribe

Plural tribes

tribe (plural tribes)

1. A socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.
2. (anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
3. The collective noun for various animals.

[ Derived terms

• tribal
• tribelet

[ Translations

group of people

Arabic: قبيلة ar(ar) f. Catalan: tribu f. Croatian: pleme hr(hr) n. Czech: kmen cs(cs) m. Dutch: stam nl(nl) m. Finnish: heimo fi(fi) French: tribu fr(fr) f. German: Stamm de(de) m. Greek: φύλο el(el) n., φυλή el(el) f. Indonesian: suku / suku bangsa Interlingua: tribo Hungarian: törzs hu(hu)

Latin: tribus la(la) m. Lithuanian: gentis lt(lt) m. Novial: tribu Japanese: 民族 (みんぞく, minzoku) Korean: 겨레 (gyeore) Polish: plemię n. Portuguese: tribo pt(pt) f. Russian: племя ru(ru) (plémja) n. Scottish Gaelic: cinneadh m., seòrsa m., sliochd m. Serbian: pleme sr(sr) n. Spanish: tribu es(es) f. Swedish: stam sv(sv)

collective noun

See at thee relevant animal entry.

[ See also

• ethnic
• Appendix:Collective nouns