tribe

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹaɪb/

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.
   1. (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
3. The collective noun for various animals.
4. (taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
5. (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

   the Duchess tribe of shorthorns

Translations

• French: tribu
• German: Stamm, Volksstamm, Sippe, Volk, Völkchen, Völklein, Sippschaft, (biology) Tribus, Völkerschaft
• Italian: tribù
• Portuguese: tribo
• Russian: пле́мя
• Spanish: tribu

Verb

tribe (tribes, present participle tribing; past and past participle tribed)

1. (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

   • Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

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