tribune

tribune

See also: Tribune and Tribüne

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): /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/, /tɹɪˈbjuːn/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

tribune (plural tribunes)

1. An elected official in Ancient Rome.
2. (Military tribune) (Latin tribunus militum, "tribune of the soldiers"): an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion.
3. A protector of the people.
4. The domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop's throne.
5. 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

elected official in Ancient Rome

Bulgarian: трибу́н (bg) m (tribún) Catalan: tribú (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 保民官 (bǎomínguān) Czech: tribun (cs) m Esperanto: tribunuso Finnish: tribuuni (fi) French: tribun (fr) Gothic: 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 m (þūsundifaþs) Greek: τριβούνος m (trivoúnos) Ancient: δήμαρχος m (dḗmarkhos) Irish: treabhann m Italian: tribuno (it) m Japanese: トリビューン (toribyūn) Korean: 호민관(護民官) (homin'gwan), 트리부누스 (teuribunuseu) Middle English: tribune Polish: trybun (pl) m Portuguese: tribuno (pt) m Russian: трибу́н (ru) m (tribún) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: трѝбӯн m Roman: trìbūn (sh) m

protector of the people

Catalan: tribú (ca) m French: tribun (fr) Irish: ceann slua m, crann taca m, cosantóir m Italian: tribuno (it) m Middle English: tribune Polish: trybun (pl) m, rzecznik (pl) Portuguese: tribuno (pt) m Russian: трибу́н (ru) m (tribún)

domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church

Catalan: tribuna (ca) f Finnish: kuori (fi) Italian: tribuna (it) f Russian: ка́федра (ru) f (káfedra), трибу́на (ru) f (tribúna)

place or an opportunity to speak; platform

Arabic: مِنْبَر‎ m (minbar), مِنْصَّة‎ f (minṣṣa) Belarusian: трыбу́на f (trybúna) Bulgarian: трибу́на (bg) f (tribúna) Catalan: tribuna (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 講台／讲台 (zh) (jiǎngtái), 講壇／讲坛 (zh) (jiǎngtán) Czech: tribuna (cs) f Esperanto: tribuno Finnish: äänenkannattaja (fi) French: tribune (fr) f German: Tribüne (de) f Greek: βήμα (el) n (víma) Ancient: βῆμα n (bêma) Irish: ardán m, léibheann m Italian: tribuna (it) f Japanese: 演壇 (ja) (えんだん, endan) Korean: 연단(演壇) (ko) (yeondan) Macedonian: триби́на f (tribína) Manx: (please verify) ardane m Persian: تریبون‎ (fa) (teribun) Polish: trybuna (pl) f Portuguese: tribuna (pt) f Russian: трибу́на (ru) f (tribúna) Slovak: tribúna f Spanish: tribuna f Ukrainian: трибу́на f (trybúna)

Anagrams

• tuberin, turbine

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French

Etymology

From Italian tribuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.byn/

• audio

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• Rhymes: -yn

Noun

tribune f (plural tribunes)

1. platform, rostrum, podium

   Synonym: estrade

2. stand, grandstand
3. (architecture) gallery

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: تریبون‎ (tribün)
  • Turkish: tribün

Further reading

• “tribune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• butiner, turbine, turbiné

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch tribune, from French tribune, from Latin tribunus.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [triˈbu.nə]
• (common) IPA^(key): [triˈbʊn]
• 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, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Noun

tribune f

1. plural of tribuna

Anagrams

• brunite, nerbuti, turbine

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Latin

Noun

tribūne

1. vocative singular of tribūnus

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• trybune, tribun

Etymology

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈbiu̯n/

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

• “tribūn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-30.

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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.

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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.