TRIBE
What does "TRIBE" mean?
A social group united by kinship, culture, language, or common ancestry.
Meanings
- A community bound together by shared ancestry, customs, or leadership. The treaty was signed by elders representing each tribe along the river.
- A group of people sharing an interest, identity, or way of life. At the festival she finally found her tribe. informal
- A taxonomic rank in biology between family and genus. Cattle and bison belong to the same tribe, Bovini. technical
Did you know?
- The word 'tribe' goes back to the Latin 'tribus', which first named the three original divisions of Rome's people.
Word origin
From Latin 'tribus', one of the original divisions of the Roman people; into Old French and then English.
Remember it
TRIBE holds TRI - the Latin word once meant Rome's three founding groups.
A little poem
Same fire, same old song,
strangers learn the chorus, then
no longer strangers.
haiku
Wordplay
- I joined a biology club and a hiking club; the taxonomist said I now belong to two tribes, and only one needs boots.
What it teaches
Belonging is not who lets you in; it's whose chorus you already know by heart.
Quick facts
What does TRIBE mean?
A social group united by kinship, culture, language, or common ancestry.
Is TRIBE a valid word?
Yes — TRIBE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRIBE?
TRIBE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRIBE come from?
From Latin 'tribus', one of the original divisions of the Roman people; into Old French and then English.
What can TRIBE teach us?
Belonging is not who lets you in; it's whose chorus you already know by heart.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.