Meaning

3 senses
  1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

    Nebenfluss, Zufluss

    прито́кpritók

    прито́каprytóka

    a branch that flows into the main stream

  2. A vein which drains into another vein.

    The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.

  3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

    да́нникdánnik

Examples

6 sentences
  1. The Amazon is fed by a large number of tributaries.

    У ріки Амазонки величезна кількість приток.

    ruАмазонку питает огромное число притоков.

    deDer Amazonas hat eine große Zahl an Nebenflüssen.

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  2. Most tributaries' waters end up in the middle of the stream.

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  3. The Oste is a tributary of the River Elbe.

    deDie Oste ist ein Nebenfluß der Elbe.

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  4. The Altmühl, Naab and Regen tributaries meet the Danube from the left.

    ruАльтмюль, Наб и Реген — левые притоки Дуная.

    deAltmühl, Naab und Regen, ziehen der Donau links entgegen.

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  5. During the 15th century, the Ryukyu Kingdom was a tributary state of Imperial China.

    deWährend des 15. Jahrhunderts war das Königreich Ryūkyū dem kaiserlichen China tributpflichtig.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
stream which flows into a larger one:
Русский
By meaning 2
stream which flows into a larger one:
nation, state, etc. that pays tribute:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
stream which flows into a larger one:

Forms

plural: tributaries
Singulartributary
Pluraltributaries

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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