tributary

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
2. A vein which drains into another vein.
3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Related to the paying of tribute.
2. (not-comparable) Subordinate; inferior.
3. (not-comparable) Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.

Concepts

affluent

tributaire

branche

confluent

favorable

rivière

subdivision

vasallage

affluence

rivière tributaire

afflux

Opposé de

distributary

Synonymes

affluent

branch

confluent

feeder

contributory

subsidiary

stream

river

contributive

conducive

accessory

collateral

contributing

dispatch

distributary

division

estuary

faction

flow

glisten

honorary

inflow

influx

limb

minor

rivulet

select

send

side

sidearm

slave

supplementary

supply

testimonial

tributary stream

off-shoot

liegeman

pay tribute

river fork

paying tribute

onflow

side stream

little stream

tributary waterway

tributary flow

tributary drain

tributary course

river branch

vasallage

afflux

Traductions

Nebenfluss

afluente

tributario

tributario

Zufluss

affluente

afluent

afluente

zijrivier

tributário

bağımlı

παραπόταμος

vectigalis

Flussarm

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: tributarie

In summary

PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).

Phrases

The Saginaw River is a tributary of Lake Huron .