tribune

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus, related to tribus (“tribe”) (from its original sense of "leader of a tribe").

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/, /tɹɪˈbjuːn/

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tribune (plural tribunes)

1. An elected official in Ancient Rome.
2. (Military tribune) (Latin tribunus militum, "tribune of the soldiers"): an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion.
3. A protector of the people.
4. The domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop's throne.
5. A place or an opportunity to speak, to express one's opinion; a platform or pulpit.

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

• tuberin, turbine

From Italian tribuna.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.byn/

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• Rhymes: -yn

tribune f (plural tribunes)

1. platform, rostrum, podium

   Synonym: estrade

2. stand, grandstand
3. (architecture) gallery

• → Ottoman Turkish: تریبون‎ (tribün)
  • Turkish: tribün

• “tribune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• butiner, turbine, turbiné

From Dutch tribune, from French tribune, from Latin tribunus.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [triˈbu.nə]
• (common) IPA^(key): [triˈbʊn]
• Hyphenation: tri‧bu‧nê

tribune or tribunê

1. platform, rostrum, podium
2. stand, grandstand

• tribun

• “tribune” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

tribune f

1. plural of tribuna

• brunite, nerbuti, turbine

tribūne

1. vocative singular of tribūnus

• trybune, tribun

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribūnus.

• IPA^(key): /triˈbiu̯n/

tribune (plural tribunes or tribuni)

1. A Roman military tribune or similar leader of a thousand soldiers.
2. A Roman plebeian tribune or similar leader of a thousand civilians.

• English: tribune

• “tribūn(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-30.

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

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

1. a stand or grandstand

• “tribune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

tribune m (definite singular tribunen, indefinite plural tribunar, definite plural tribunane)

1. a stand or grandstand

• “tribune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.