tribune

Etymology

From Latin tribunus, related to tribus (“tribe”) (from its original sense of "leader of a tribe").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/, /tɹɪˈbjuːn/

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes)

1. An elected official in Ancient Rome.
2. A protector of the people.
3. The domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop's throne.
4. A place or an opportunity to speak, to express one's opinion; a platform.

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

Anagrams

• tuberin, turbine

Etymology

From Italian tribuna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.byn/

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Noun

tribune f (plural tribunes)

1. platform, rostrum, podium
2. stand, grandstand
3. (architecture) gallery

Further reading

• “tribune” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• butiner, turbine, turbiné

Noun

tribune f

1. plural of tribuna

Anagrams

• brunite, turbine

Noun

tribūne

1. vocative singular of tribūnus

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune

Noun

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

1. a stand or grandstand

• “tribune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.