tribal
Of or relating to tribesOf or relating to tribes.
» Algeria is not a tribal nation.
Meaning
4 sensesOf or relating to tribes.
social order through tribal law
Stammes-
племенно́йplemennój
племінни́йpleminnýj
relating to or characteristic of a tribe
Based on or organized according to tribes.
a tribal society
племенно́йplemennój
(historical, rare)Phylogenic.
tribal history
Incorporating designs or styles typical of an indigenous people.
tribal techno music
a purse with a tribal design
Examples
19 sentencesAlgeria is not a tribal nation.
He must build a tribal school.
This is not a tribal state.
Tom has tribal tattoos on his thighs.
ruУ Тома на бёдрах племенные татуировки.
deTom hat Stammestätowierungen auf den Oberschenkeln.
Ethnic religions are common among tribal peoples.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin tribālis. By surface analysis, tribe + -al, first attested in the 1630s. The spFrom Latin tribālis. By surface analysis, tribe + -al, first attested in the 1630s. The specific adjectival sense under the defunct theory of recapitulation derives from tribal history as an overly literal learned borrowing from German Stammesgeschichte; ordinarily, Stamm would only be translated as tribe when used in its ethnographic sense.
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Forms
more tribal, most tribal| Comparative | more tribal Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most tribal Lesson |
regular
Word family
20 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form