# tribute
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *tréyes
From Middle English tribut, from Old French tribut, from Latin tributum (“tribute”, literally “a thing contributed or paid”), neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuō (“to assign, allot”), usually derived from tribus (“tribe”). See tribe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɹɪbjuːt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

tribute (countable and uncountable, plural tributes)
* An acknowledgment of gratitude, respect or admiration; an accompanying gift.
    Please accept this as a tribute of our thanks.
** 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:the passing tribute of a sigh
** An homage made in a body of work to another work or creator.
    Did you catch the Up in Smoke tribute in that episode of That '70s Show?
* A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
    The Ancient Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
* Extortion; protection money.
* A payment made by a feudal vassal to his lord.
* (mining) A certain proportion of the mined ore, or of its value, given to the miner as payment.
** 1778, William Pryce, Mineralogia Cornubiensis: A Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining […] :The setting of a Copper Mine upon tribute , has this difference : the Tributor is at the sole expence of digging , raising , and dressing , all the Ore that can be made merchantable
** 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
    Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]
* (Internet slang, vulgar) Short for cum tribute.

#### Usage notes

* Often used in the construction pay tribute to.

#### Synonyms

* encomium
* heriot

#### Derived terms

* cum tribute
* I volunteer as tribute
* tribute act
* tribute band
* tribute money
* tribute wall

#### Related terms

* tribe
* tribal
* tributary

#### Translations

Arabic: جِزْيَة f (jizya)
Azerbaijani: təzminat (az)
Belarusian: дані́на f (danína), по́даць f (pódacʹ), дань f (danʹ)
Bulgarian: да́нък (bg) m (dánǎk), дан f (dan)
Catalan: tribut (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 貢品 / 贡品 (zh) (gòngpǐn), 朝貢 / 朝贡 (zh) (cháogòng)
Czech: daň (cs) f
Egyptian: (bꜣkw)
Finnish: pakkovero, tribuutti (fi), suojeluraha (fi)
French: tribut (fr) m
Georgian: ხარკი (xarḳi)
German: Tribut (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐍃𐍄𐍂 n (gilstr), 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 n (gabaur)
Greek: φόρος υποτέλειας m (fóros ypotéleias)
Ancient: φόρος m (phóros)
Indonesian: upeti (id)
Italian: tributo (it) m
Japanese: 貢ぎ物 (ja) (mitsugimono), 貢ぎ (mitsugi), 朝貢 (ja) (ちょうこう, chōkō)
Korean: 조공(朝貢) (ko) (jogong)
Latin: stipendium n
Malay: ufti
Old English: gafol n
Persian: باج (fa) (bâj), ساو (fa) (sâv)
Polish: danina (pl) f, trybut m
Portuguese: tributo (pt) m
Russian: дань (ru) f (danʹ), по́дать (ru) f (pódatʹ)
Slovak: daň (sk) f
Spanish: parias (es) f pl, tributo (es) m, mita (es) f
Swahili: kodi (sw)
Ukrainian: дани́на f (danýna), по́дать f (pódatʹ), пода́ток m (podátok), дань f (danʹ)
Vietnamese: triều cống (vi) :

### Verb

tribute (third-person singular simple present tributes, present participle tributing, simple past and past participle tributed)
* (transitive) To pay as tribute.
** 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia:Amorous Trifler, that spendeth […] his Afternoones in discourse with Paint, or Lust, tributing most precious Minutes, to the Scepter of a Fanne.

#### Related terms

* attribute
* contribute
* distribute

#### Further reading

* “tribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tribute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* burtite, turbite

## Latin
### Participle

tribūte
* vocative masculine singular of tribūtus

## Portuguese
### Verb

tribute
* inflection of tributar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

tribute
* inflection of tributar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative