tributary

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtrɪbjʊtəri/

Etymology

From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tributarius, from tributum (“tribute”).

Noun

tributary (plural tributaries)

1. A river that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
2. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Quotations

nation paying tribute

• 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2

  As England was his faithful tributary.

Translations

river

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 支流 (cmn) (zhīliú)

• Danish: biflod (da) c
• Esperanto: alfluanto (eo)
• Finnish: sivujoki (fi)
• German: Nebenfluss (de) m, Zufluss (de) m
• Hebrew: יובל (he) m
• Irish: fo-abhainn (ga) f
• Italian: affluente (it) m
• Japanese: 支流 (ja) (しりゅう, shiryū)
• Latvian: ieteka (lv) f
• Luxembourgish: Niewefloss (lb) m

• Manx: crouw (gv) f, crouw-awin (gv) f, fo-hrooan (gv) m
• Maori: kautawa (mi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bielv (nb) m and f, sideelv (nb) m and f

  Nynorsk: sideelv (nn) f

• Polish: dopływ (pl) m
• Portuguese: afluente (pt) m
• Romanian: afluent (ro) m
• Russian: приток (ru) (pritók) m
• Serbo-Croatian: pritok (sh) m
• Swedish: biflod (sv) c
• Thai: แคว (th)
• Tok Pisin: hanwara (tpi)

nation, state etc.

• Chinese: 进贡国
• Dutch: vazalstaat (nl) m
• Italian: vassallo (it) m

• Japanese: 属国 (ja) (ぞっこく, zokkoku)
• Romanian: tributar (ro) m
• Russian: данник (ru) (dánnik) m

Adjective

tributary (not comparable)

1. Related to the paying of tribute.

Translations

related to the paying of tribute

• Finnish: verovelvollinen (fi)

• Italian: tributario (it) m

Related terms

• tribute