"tribut" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /tʁi.by/ Audio: Fr-tribut.ogg Forms: tributs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French tribut (15th c.), learned alteration of Old French treü (12th c.), itself either inherited or early borrowed from Latin tribūtus. Forms such as trebu (14th c.) show that the relatinization was a gradual process. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|tribut}} Middle French tribut, {{der|fr|fro|treu|treü}} Old French treü, {{der|fr|la|tribūtus}} Latin tribūtus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tribut m (plural tributs)
  1. (historical) tribute (payment made from one state to another as a sign of submission) Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-tribut-fr-noun-I0TRR-uL
  2. (figurative) tribute (acknowledgement of gratitude) Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tribut-fr-noun-cXckkPvi Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tributaire

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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