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) Croatian: pritok (hr) m. Finnish: sivujoki (fi) German: Nebenfluss (de) m., Zufluss (de) m. Hebrew: יובל (he) m. Irish: fo-abhainn (ga) f. 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. Polish: dopływ (pl) m. Romanian: afluent (ro) m. Russian: приток (ru) (pritók) m. Swedish: biflod (sv) c.

nation, state etc.

Chinese:进贡国 Dutch: vazalstaat (nl) 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)

Related terms

• tribute