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tribunal

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /tɹaɪˈbjunəl/
  • General-American: /tɹəˈbjunəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈbjuːnəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈbjuːnəl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːnəl
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH0 B Y UW1 N AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: court, judicatory, court of justice, court of law, tribunal

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: court, judicature

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assembly

Narrower terms: court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice, International Court of Justice, World Court, appellate court, appeals court, court of appeals, assizes, court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius, chancery, court of chancery, consistory, criminal court, divorce court, family court, domestic relations court, court of domestic relations, federal court, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, F.I.S.C., inferior court, lower court, Inquisition, juvenile court, kangaroo court, military court, moot court, police court, probate court, quarter sessions, Rota, Star Chamber, superior court, supreme court, state supreme court, high court, traffic court, trial court

History

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Old French tribunal, from Latin tribūnal (“tribunal”), from tribus (“tribe”).

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gjykatë — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Arabic: مَحْكَمَة (maḥkama) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Armenian: դատարան (dataran) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Armenian: տրիբունալ (tribunal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Azerbaijani: məhkəmə — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Azerbaijani: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Belarusian: трыбуна́л (trybunál) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Belarusian: суд (sud) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Bengali: আদালত (adalot) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Bengali: ট্রাইব্যুনাল (ṭraibbunal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Bulgarian: трибуна́л (tribunál) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Bulgarian: съд (sǎd) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Burmese: တရားရုံး (ta.ra:rum:) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Catalan: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 仲裁庭 (zhòngcáitíng) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 審裁處 /审裁处 (shěncái chù) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Czech: tribunál — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Czech: soud — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Danish: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Dutch: tribunaal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Egyptian: DA-DA-nw*t:Aa8 (ḏꜣḏꜣt) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Esperanto: tribunalo — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Estonian: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Finnish: tribunaali — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • French: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Galician: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Georgian: ტრიბუნალი (ṭribunali) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • German: Tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • German: Gerichtshof — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • German: Gericht — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 (stauastōls) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Greek: δικαστήριο (dikastírio) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hebrew: בֵּית דִּין (bet dín) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hindi: अधिकरण (adhikraṇ) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hindi: अदालत (adālat) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hindi: न्यायालय (nyāyālay) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hindi: ट्रिब्यूनल (ṭribyūnal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Hungarian: bíróság — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Indonesian: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Indonesian: mahkamah — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Irish: binse breithimh — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Italian: tribunale — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Japanese: 法廷 (hōtei) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Kazakh: трибунал (tribunal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Khmer: តុលាការ (tolaakaa) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Korean: 법정 (beopjeong) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Northern Kurdish: dadgeh — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Northern Kurdish: mehkeme — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Kyrgyz: трибунал (tribunal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Lao: ສານ (sān) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Latvian: tribunāls — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Lithuanian: tribunolas — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Macedonian: трибуна́л (tribunál) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Macedonian: суд (sud) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Malay: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Malay: mahkamah — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Māori: taraipiunara — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Iranian Persian: مَحْکَمِه (mahkame) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Iranian Persian: دیوان (divân) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Polish: trybunał — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Polish: sąd — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Portuguese: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Romanian: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Russian: трибуна́л (tribunál) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Russian: суд (sud) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Serbo-Croatian: трибу̀на̄л — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Serbo-Croatian: су̑д — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Serbo-Croatian: tribùnāl — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȗd — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Slovak: tribunál — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Slovak: súd — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Slovene: razsodišče — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Slovene: sodišče — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Slovene: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Spanish: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Swedish: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Tajik: трибунал (tribunal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Tajik: маҳкама (mahkama) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Tajik: суд (sud) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Tajik: девон (devon) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Thai: คณะตุลาการ (ká-ná-dtù-laa-gaan) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Thai: ศาล (sǎan) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Turkish: mahkeme — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Ukrainian: трибуна́л (trybunál) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Ukrainian: суд (sud) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Urdu: ٹِرِیبْیُونَل (ṭirībyūnal) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Urdu: عَدالَت ('adālat) — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Uzbek: tribunal — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
  • Vietnamese: toà án — assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business
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