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tributary en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Related to the paying of tribute.
2. (not-comparable) Subordinate; inferior.
   • to grace his tributary gods 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
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.
   • The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.

Deriveds

untributary · tributary load · nontributary · tributary state · palaeotributary · tributarily · tributariness · tributaryless

Relateds

tribute

Translations (7)

es tributario (related to the paying of tribute) · fi sivu- (yielding supplies of any kind) · it tributario (related to the paying of tribute) · es contribuyente (yielding supplies of any kind) · fi avustava (yielding supplies of any kind) · fi suojelu- (related to the paying of tribute) · fi tukeva (yielding supplies of any kind)

tributary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/
• (UK) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
2. A vein which drains into another vein.
   • The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
3. A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
   • An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributary c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 259, column 2:

Forms

Antonyms

distributary

Deriveds

left tributary · palaeotributary · right tributary · tributaryless

Relateds

distributary

Synonyms

influent · affluent

Translations (68)

cs přítok (stream which flows into a larger one) · nb bielv (stream which flows into a larger one) · el παραπόταμος (stream which flows into a larger one) · sh притока (stream which flows into a larger one) · sh pritoka (stream which flows into a larger one) · es afluente (stream which flows into a larger one) · is aðrennslisá (stream which flows into a larger one) · ru прито́к (stream which flows into a larger one) · chr ᏫᎦᏬᏥᎯᎲ (stream which flows into a larger one) · fr affluent (stream which flows into a larger one) · sl pritok (stream which flows into a larger one) · pt afluente (stream which flows into a larger one) · de Nebenfluss (stream which flows into a larger one) · ro afluent (stream which flows into a larger one) · ro tributar (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · it affluente (stream which flows into a larger one) · fi sivujoki (stream which flows into a larger one) · be прыто́к (stream which flows into a larger one) · it vassallo (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · mi kautawa (stream which flows into a larger one) · fo tvørá (stream which flows into a larger one) · ar رَافِد (stream which flows into a larger one) · ga craobh-abhainn (stream which flows into a larger one) · sh pritok (stream which flows into a larger one) · sk prítok (stream which flows into a larger one) · da biflod (stream which flows into a larger one) · mk притока (stream which flows into a larger one) · lb Niewefloss (stream which flows into a larger one) · it immissario (stream which flows into a larger one) · cmn 附庸國 /附庸国 (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · cmn 納貢國 /纳贡国 (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · cs přítok (a vein which drains into another vein) · ru да́нник (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · cmn 進貢國 /进贡国 (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · ja 属国 (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · cmn 屬國 /属国 (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · nn sideelv (stream which flows into a larger one) · th แคว (stream which flows into a larger one) · ka მოხარკე (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · nl zijrivier (stream which flows into a larger one) · de Zufluss (stream which flows into a larger one) · eo alfluanto (stream which flows into a larger one) · ko 지류 (stream which flows into a larger one) · vi phụ lưu (stream which flows into a larger one) · is þverá (stream which flows into a larger one) · pl dopływ (stream which flows into a larger one) · uk прито́ка (stream which flows into a larger one) · sv biflod (stream which flows into a larger one) · sh приток (stream which flows into a larger one) · bg при́ток (stream which flows into a larger one) · gv crouw (stream which flows into a larger one) · lv ieteka (stream which flows into a larger one) · ga fo-abhainn (stream which flows into a larger one) · gv fo-hrooan (stream which flows into a larger one) · it tributario (stream which flows into a larger one) · nb sideelv (stream which flows into a larger one) · fi vasallivaltio (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · tpi hanwara (stream which flows into a larger one) · gv crouw-awin (stream which flows into a larger one) · he יוּבַל (stream which flows into a larger one) · cmn 支流 (stream which flows into a larger one) · ca afluent (stream which flows into a larger one) · es tributario (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute) · ja 支流 (stream which flows into a larger one) · la vēna affluēns (a vein which drains into another vein) · ota ناصر (stream which flows into a larger one) · fo hjáá (stream which flows into a larger one) · nl vazalstaat (nation, state, etc. that pays tribute)