/traɪb/
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Translation
A group of families who live together and share the same leader, language, and way of life.
Word origin
From Latin tribus, the name for one of the three original divisions of the Roman people.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tribus
- English cognates
- tribal, tribute
Examples
hundreds .
A tribe often shares one home area for a very long time.
.
A tribe shares a language and a way of life.
tribes .
The plural is tribes.
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