tribal

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to tribes.
2. Based on or organized according to tribes.
3. (historical, rare) Phylogenic.
4. Incorporating designs or styles typical of an indigenous people.

Noun

1. A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo.
2. (India) A member of a tribe.

Synonyms

generic

racial

clan

specific

tribual

race

clannish

Translations

tribal

tribal

stam-

tribal

φυλετικός

tribal

tribale

عشائري

κατά φυλές

قبلي

gentilicia

gentilicio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹaɪbəl/

Etymology

From Latin tribālis. By surface analysis, tribe + -al, first attested in the 1630s. The specific adjectival sense under the defunct theory of recapitulation derives from tribal history as an overly literal learned borrowing from German Stammesgeschichte; ordinarily, Stamm would only be translated as tribe when used in its ethnographic sense.

Sentences

" There are rumors of tribal wars ," he told them .