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Yes. The word tribune is a Scrabble US word. The word tribune is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word tribune is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (3 found)

BUNTIER,TRIBUNE,TURBINE,

6-letter words (8 found)

BRUNET,BUNTER,BURNET,BURNIE,RUBINE,TRIUNE,TUNIER,UNITER,

5-letter words (30 found)

BINER,BITER,BRENT,BRINE,BRUIN,BRUIT,BRUNT,BRUTE,BURET,BURIN,BURNT,INERT,INTER,INURE,NITER,NITRE,REBIT,REBUT,RUBIN,RUTIN,TRIBE,TRINE,TUBER,TUNER,UNITE,UNTIE,URENT,URINE,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (41 found)

BEIN,BENI,BENT,BIEN,BIER,BINE,BINT,BITE,BREI,BREN,BRIE,BRIN,BRIT,BRUT,BUNT,BURN,BUTE,ETUI,IURE,NITE,REIN,RENT,RINE,RITE,RUBE,RUIN,RUNE,RUNT,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIN,TRUE,TUBE,TUNE,TURN,UNBE,UNIT,

3-letter words (40 found)

BEN,BET,BIN,BIT,BRU,BUN,BUR,BUT,ERN,IRE,NEB,NET,NIB,NIE,NIT,NUB,NUR,NUT,REB,REI,REN,RET,RIB,RIN,RIT,RUB,RUE,RUN,RUT,TEN,TIE,TIN,TUB,TUI,TUN,UNI,URB,URE,URN,UTE,

2-letter words (15 found)

BE,BI,EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,NU,RE,TE,TI,UN,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 138 words from tribune according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of tribune

tribune

Etymology

From Middle English tribune, from Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribunus (“tribune, tribal leader”), from tribus (“tribe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪbjuːn/, /tɹɪˈbjuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

tribune (plural tribunes)

  1. (historical) An elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
  2. (historical) A military officer in Ancient Rome ranking below a legate and above a centurion, a military tribune.
  3. (figurative) A protector of the people.
  4. (Christianity, architecture) The domed or vaulted apse in a cathedral housing the bishop's throne (see).
  5. (uncommon) Synonym of pulpit, a platform, a place or opportunity to express one's opinion

Derived terms

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Translations

Anagrams

  • tuberin, turbine

French

Etymology

From Italian tribuna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁi.byn/
  • Rhymes: -yn

Noun

tribune f (plural tribunes)

  1. platform, rostrum, podium
    Synonym: estrade
  2. stand, grandstand
  3. (architecture) gallery

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • butiner, turbine, turbiné

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • tribun (nonstandard)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tribune or tribunê

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

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

tribune f

  1. plural of tribuna

Anagrams

  • brunite, nerbuti, turbine

Latin

Noun

tribūne

  1. vocative singular of tribūnus

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • trybune, tribun

Etymology

From Old French tribun, tribune, from Latin tribūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /triˈbiu̯n/

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • English: tribune

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

Noun

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

  1. a stand or grandstand

References

  • “tribune” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin tribunal, via French tribune.

Noun

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

  1. a stand or grandstand

References

  • “tribune” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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