tribu
French, noun/tʁi.by/
tribu is spelled T-R-I-B-U (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written French, the 6,605th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribu is a French feminine noun meaning “tribe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Division du peuple, chez quelques nations anciennes”.
What does tribu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetribe
- 2
femininesigma-algebra
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Division du peuple, chez quelques nations anciennes. 2. Ensemble des descendants d’un des douze fils de Jacob, dans le judaïsme. 3. Peuplade relativement à une grande nation dont elle fait partie. 4. Famille ; coterie ou groupe nombreux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tribu
- tribus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribu?
- /tʁi.by/
- \tʁi.by\
- [tʁi.by]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribu in French?
tribu appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).