tribunal
/tɹaɪˈbjunəl/noun
tribunal is spelled T-R-I-B-U-N-A-L: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tribunal means “An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tribunal is tribunals.
How many letters and syllables are in tribunal?
| Letters | 8: T-R-I-B-U-N-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tribunal?
Tribunal appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tribunal?
- US /tɹaɪˈbjunəl/
- US /tɹəˈbjunəl/
- UK /tɹaɪˈbjuːnəl/
Tribunal has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tribunal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tribunal?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tribunal from its last stressed vowel (/unəl/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tribunal
- tribunals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tribunal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
- 2
A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tribunal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tribunal come from?
From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”), from tribus (“tribe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).