tribune

See also: Tribune and Tribüne

English

Etymology

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/, /tɹɪˈbjuːn/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes)

1. (historical) An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
2. (historical) A military officer in Ancient Rome ranking below a legate and above a centurion, a military tribune.
3. (figurative) A protector of the people.
4. (Christianity, architecture) The domed or vaulted apse in a cathedral housing the bishop's throne (see).
5. (uncommon) Synonym of pulpit, a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion

   The new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers.

Derived terms

• tribunary
• tribune of the plebs
• tribuneship
• Tribunite

 

Related terms

• tribunate
• tribunician
• tribunitian

 

Translations

elected official in Ancient Rome

• Bulgarian: трибу́н (bg) m (tribún)
• Catalan: tribú (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 保民官 (bǎomínguān)

• Czech: tribun (cs) m
• Esperanto: tribunuso
• Finnish: tribuuni (fi)
• French: tribun (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌿𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌸𐍃 m (þūsundifaþs)
• Greek: τριβούνος m (trivoúnos)

  Ancient: δήμαρχος m (dḗmarkhos)

• Irish: treabhann m
• Italian: tribuno (it) m
• Japanese: トリビューン (toribyūn)
• Korean: 호민관(護民官) (homin'gwan), 트리부누스 (teuribunuseu)
• Middle English: tribune
• Polish: trybun (pl) m
• Portuguese: tribuno (pt) m
• Romanian: tribun (ro) m
• Russian: трибу́н (ru) m (tribún)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: трѝбӯн m

  Roman: trìbūn (sh) m

protector of the people

• Catalan: tribú (ca) m
• French: tribun (fr)
• Irish: ceann slua m, crann taca m, cosantóir m
• Italian: tribuno (it) m
• Middle English: tribune
• Polish: trybun (pl) m, rzecznik (pl)
• Portuguese: tribuno (pt) m
• Romanian: tribun (ro) m
• Russian: трибу́н (ru) m (tribún)

domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church

• Catalan: tribuna (ca) f
• Finnish: kuori (fi)
• Italian: tribuna (it) f
• Russian: ка́федра (ru) f (káfedra), трибу́на (ru) f (tribúna)

place or an opportunity to speak; platform

• Arabic: مِنْبَر m (minbar), مِنْصَّة f (minṣṣa)
• Belarusian: трыбу́на f (trybúna)
• Bulgarian: трибу́на (bg) f (tribúna)
• Catalan: tribuna (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 講台／讲台 (zh) (jiǎngtái), 講壇／讲坛 (zh) (jiǎngtán)

• Czech: tribuna (cs) f
• Dutch: tribune (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: tribuno
• Finnish: äänenkannattaja (fi)
• French: tribune (fr) f
• German: Tribüne (de) f
• Greek: βήμα (el) n (víma)

  Ancient: βῆμα n (bêma)

• Irish: ardán m, léibheann m
• Italian: tribuna (it) f
• Japanese: 演壇 (ja) (えんだん, endan)
• Korean: 연단(演壇) (ko) (yeondan)
• Macedonian: триби́на f (tribína)
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} ardane m
• Persian: تریبون (fa) (teribun)
• Polish: trybuna (pl) f
• Portuguese: tribuna (pt) f
• Romanian: tribună (ro) f
• Russian: трибу́на (ru) f (tribúna)
• Slovak: tribúna f
• Spanish: tribuna f
• Ukrainian: трибу́на f (trybúna)

Anagrams

• tuberin, turbine

French

Etymology

From Italian tribuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.byn/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -yn

Noun

tribune f (plural tribunes)

1. platform, rostrum, podium

   Synonym: estrade

2. stand, grandstand
3. (architecture) gallery

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: تریبون (tribün)
  • Turkish: tribün

Further reading

• “tribune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• butiner, turbine, turbiné

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• tribun (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch tribune, from French tribune, from Latin tribunus.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [triˈbu.nə]
• (common) IPA^(key): [triˈbʊn]
• Hyphenation: tri‧bu‧nê

Noun

tribune or tribunê

1. platform, rostrum, podium
2. stand, grandstand

Further reading

• “tribune” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

tribune f

1. plural of tribuna

Anagrams

• brunite, nerbuti, turbine

Latin

Noun

tribūne

1. vocative singular of tribūnus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trybune, tribun

Etymology

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈbiu̯n/

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes or tribuni)

1. A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a thousand soldiers.
2. A Roman plebeian tribune or similar leader of a thousand civilians.

Descendants

• English: tribune

References

• “tribūn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-30.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

Noun

tribune m (definite singular tribunen, indefinite plural tribuner, definite plural tribunene)

1. a stand or grandstand

References

• “tribune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

Noun

tribune m (definite singular tribunen, indefinite plural tribunar, definite plural tribunane)

1. a stand or grandstand

References

• “tribune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.