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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tribe /traɪb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologya group of people descended from the same ancestor, having similar customs and traditions.
trib•al, adj. tri•bal•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tribe (trīb),USA pronunciation n. - any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- a local division of an aboriginal people.
- a division of some other people.
- a class or type of animals, plants, articles, or the like.
- [Animal Husb.]a group of animals, esp. cattle, descended through the female line from a common female ancestor.
- [Biol.]
- a category in the classification of organisms usually between a subfamily and a genus or sometimes between a suborder and a family.
- any group of plants or animals.
- a company, group, or number of persons.
- a class or set of persons, esp. one with strong common traits or interests.
- a large family.
- [Rom. Hist.]
- any one of three divisions of the people representing the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements.
- any of the later political divisions of the people.
- [Gk. Hist.]a phyle.
- Latin tribus tribe, origin, originally, each of the three divisions of the Roman people; often taken as derivative of trēs three, though formation unclear
- Middle English 1200–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tribe /traɪb/ n - a social division of a people, esp of a preliterate people, defined in terms of common descent, territory, culture, etc
- an ethnic or ancestral division of ancient cultures, esp of one of the following any of the three divisions of the ancient Romans, the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans
- one of the later political divisions of the Roman people
- any of the 12 divisions of ancient Israel, each of which was named after and believed to be descended from one of the 12 patriarchs
- a phyle of ancient Greece
- informal often jocular a large number of persons, animals, etc
- a specific class or group of persons
- a family, esp a large one
- a taxonomic group that is a subdivision of a subfamily
- a strain of animals descended from a common female ancestor through the female line
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin tribus; probably related to Latin trēs threeˈtribeless adj |