tribune
French, noun/tʁi.byn/
tribune is spelled T-R-I-B-U-N-E (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribune is a French feminine noun meaning “platform, rostrum, podium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu élevé d’où les orateurs grecs et les orateurs romains haranguaient le peuple”.
What does tribune mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplatform, rostrum, podium
- 2
femininestand, grandstand
- 3
femininegallery
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lieu élevé d’où les orateurs grecs et les orateurs romains haranguaient le peuple. 2. Lieu élevé ou estrade d’où parlent les orateurs. 3. Lieu ordinairement assez élevé, où se mettent certaines personnes qui doivent occuper une place séparée, dans les églises, dans les lieux d’assemblée publique, les événements sportifs, etc. 4. Tribune d’orgue.
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 tribune
- tribunes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribune?
- /tʁi.byn/
- \tʁi.byn\
- [yn tʁi.byn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tribune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribune in French?
tribune appears 17 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).