How many syllables in Tribe
Word
Tribe
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
tribe
Definition
- n. - A family, race, or series of generations, descending from
the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve
tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.
- n. - A number of species or genera having certain structural
characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
- n. - A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude
people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six
Nations; the Seneca tribe.
- n. - A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from
whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of
Athens was divided into ten tribes.
- n. - A family of animals descended from some particular female
progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of
shorthorns.
- v. t. - To distribute into tribes or classes.
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