tribunal
English
Etymology
From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈbjunəl/, /tɹəˈbjunəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹaɪˈbjuːnəl/, /tɹɪˈbjuːnəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːnəl
Noun
tribunal (plural tribunals)
Derived terms
Translations
assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi.by.nal/
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Synonyms
- (court): cour
Further reading
- “tribunal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
Neuter gender of supposed adjective *tribūnālis, from tribūnus (“tribune”), from tribus (“tribe”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /triˈbuː.nal/, [trɪˈbuː.naɫ]
Noun
tribūnal n (genitive tribūnālis); third declension
- a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dais, camp platform
- cenotaph
- (metonymically) a court of law, tribunal; judgment
- (by extension) any platform used for purposes other than above
- (by extension) mound, dam, embankment
- (figuratively) height, greatness
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tribūnal | tribūnalia |
Genitive | tribūnalis | tribūnalium |
Dative | tribūnalī | tribūnalibus |
Accusative | tribūnal | tribūnalia |
Ablative | tribūnalī | tribūnalibus |
Vocative | tribūnal | tribūnalia |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- tribunal in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tribunal in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tribunal in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- tribunal in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- tribunal in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tribunal in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Old French
Noun
tribunal m (oblique plural tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative singular tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative plural tribunal)
Adjective
tribunal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tribunale)
- of or relating to a tribunal
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾi.βu.ˈnaɫ/
- Hyphenation: tri‧bu‧nal
Spanish
Swedish
Noun
tribunal c
- a tribunal
- (European Union) the General Court
- I stadgan får det föreskrivas att tribunalen skall biträdas av generaladvokater.
- The Statute may provide for the General Court to be assisted by Advocates-General.
- en ledamot av tribunalen
- a member of the General Court
- I stadgan får det föreskrivas att tribunalen skall biträdas av generaladvokater.
Declension
Declension of tribunal | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tribunal | tribunalen | tribunaler | tribunalerna |
Genitive | tribunals | tribunalens | tribunalers | tribunalernas |
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