tribu
Portuguese, noun
tribu is spelled T-R-I-B-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tribu is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tribo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tribu mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of tribo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tribu
- tribus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is tribu in Portuguese?
tribu appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).