tribut
French, noun/tʁi.by/
tribut is spelled T-R-I-B-U-T (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written French, the 19,481st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribut is a French masculine noun meaning “tribute (payment made from one state to another as a sign of submission)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Contribution périodique qu’un État impose à un peuple vaincu comme signe de la dépendance”.
What does tribut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetribute (payment made from one state to another as a sign of submission)
- 2
masculinetribute (acknowledgement of gratitude)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Contribution périodique qu’un État impose à un peuple vaincu comme signe de la dépendance. 2. Ce qu’on est obligé d’accorder, de faire, de supporter. 3. Ce qui est apporté.
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 tribut
- tributs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tribut?
- /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 tribut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tribut in French?
tribut appears 2.2 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).