English Explanatory Dictionary

tribute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
  2. An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
  3. A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
  4. Extortion; protection money.
  5. A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
  6. A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
  7. Ellipsis of cum tribute.
verb
  1. To pay as tribute.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɪbjuːt/ en-us-tribute.ogg

Word forms

tribute tributes tributing tributed

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribut (14th c.), from Middle French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), past participle of tribuere (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”, which see).

Synonyms

encomium heriot

Related words

tribe tribal tributary attribute contribute distribute

Derived words

cum tribute I volunteer as tribute tribute act tribute band tribute money tribute wall

Translations

Assamese: শ্ৰদ্ধাঞ্জলি Belarusian: дані́на Belarusian: нале́жнае Bulgarian: дан Bulgarian: дължи́мо Catalan: tribut Catalan: homenatge Czech: hold Czech: úcta Finnish: kunnianosoitus French: hommage French: tribut German: Tribut Hindi: श्रद्धांजलि Irish: ómós Italian: omaggio Japanese: オマージュ Latin: tribūtum Māori: whakamānawatanga Old English: gombe Polish: wyrazy uznania Polish: hołd Portuguese: homenagem Russian: дань Russian: до́лжное Serbo-Croatian: да̏нак Serbo-Croatian: dȁnak Slovak: hold Slovak: pocta Spanish: tributo Spanish: homenaje Ukrainian: дани́на Ukrainian: нале́жне Welsh: teyrnged
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