Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tribus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: tribus
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of tribe.

Example Sentences

"The entire Tenebrionid fauna of this region is constituted by genera or tribuses whose present area of distribution is of the pattern called by Mayr "pan tropical" and by Vandel "gondwanian"."
"It might therefore be justified to separate them from the remaining genera of the subfamily Lithosinae as a tribus with two subtribus, or as two tribus."
"In this Flora distinctly sarcodimitic species are allowed in two tribus, viz. Xeruleae and Myceneae."

Etymology

From Latin tribus. Doublet of tribe.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tribus

Inflected Forms

tribuses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

subtribus

Synonyms

tribe

Questions

What does tribus mean?: Synonym of tribe.
Where does tribus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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