tributary

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

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: suojelu- — related to the paying of tribute
• Italian: tributario — related to the paying of tribute
• Spanish: tributario — related to the paying of tribute
• Finnish: tukeva — yielding supplies of any kind
• Finnish: avustava — yielding supplies of any kind
• Finnish: sivu- — yielding supplies of any kind
• Spanish: contribuyente — yielding supplies of any kind
• Arabic: رَافِد (rāfid) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Belarusian: прыто́к (prytók) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Bulgarian: при́ток (prítok) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Catalan: afluent — stream which flows into a larger one
• Cherokee: ᏫᎦᏬᏥᎯᎲ (wigawotsihihv) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Chinese Mandarin: 支流 (zhīliú) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Czech: přítok — stream which flows into a larger one
• Danish: biflod — stream which flows into a larger one
• Dutch: zijrivier — stream which flows into a larger one
• Esperanto: alfluanto — stream which flows into a larger one
• Faroese: tvørá — stream which flows into a larger one
• Faroese: hjáá — stream which flows into a larger one
• Finnish: sivujoki — stream which flows into a larger one
• French: affluent — stream which flows into a larger one
• German: Nebenfluss — stream which flows into a larger one
• German: Zufluss — stream which flows into a larger one
• Greek: παραπόταμος (parapótamos) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Hebrew: יוּבַל (yuvál) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Icelandic: þverá — stream which flows into a larger one
• Icelandic: aðrennslisá — stream which flows into a larger one
• Irish: fo-abhainn — stream which flows into a larger one
• Irish: craobh-abhainn — stream which flows into a larger one
• Italian: affluente — stream which flows into a larger one
• Italian: tributario — stream which flows into a larger one
• Italian: immissario — stream which flows into a larger one
• Japanese: 支流 (shiryū) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Korean: 지류 (jiryu) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Latvian: ieteka — stream which flows into a larger one
• Luxembourgish: Niewefloss — stream which flows into a larger one
• Macedonian: притока (pritoka) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Manx: crouw — stream which flows into a larger one
• Manx: crouw-awin — stream which flows into a larger one
• Manx: fo-hrooan — stream which flows into a larger one
• Māori: kautawa — stream which flows into a larger one
• Norwegian Bokmål: bielv — stream which flows into a larger one
• Norwegian Bokmål: sideelv — stream which flows into a larger one
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sideelv — stream which flows into a larger one
• Polish: dopływ — stream which flows into a larger one
• Portuguese: afluente — stream which flows into a larger one
• Romanian: afluent — stream which flows into a larger one
• Russian: прито́к (pritók) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Serbo-Croatian: приток — stream which flows into a larger one
• Serbo-Croatian: притока — stream which flows into a larger one
• Serbo-Croatian: pritok — stream which flows into a larger one
• Serbo-Croatian: pritoka — stream which flows into a larger one
• Slovak: prítok — stream which flows into a larger one
• Slovene: pritok — stream which flows into a larger one
• Spanish: afluente — stream which flows into a larger one
• Swedish: biflod — stream which flows into a larger one
• Thai: แคว (kwɛɛ) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Tok Pisin: hanwara — stream which flows into a larger one
• Ottoman Turkish: ناصر (nâsır) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Ukrainian: прито́ка (prytóka) — stream which flows into a larger one
• Vietnamese: phụ lưu — stream which flows into a larger one
• Czech: přítok — a vein which drains into another vein
• Latin: vēna affluēns — a vein which drains into another vein
• Chinese Mandarin: 進貢國 /进贡国 (jìngòngguó) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Chinese Mandarin: 附庸國 /附庸国 (fùyōngguó) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Chinese Mandarin: 屬國 /属国 (shǔguó) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Chinese Mandarin: 納貢國 /纳贡国 (nàgòngguó) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Dutch: vazalstaat — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Finnish: vasallivaltio — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Georgian: მოხარკე (moxarḳe) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Italian: vassallo — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Japanese: 属国 (zokkoku) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Romanian: tributar — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Russian: да́нник (dánnik) — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute
• Spanish: tributario — nation, state, etc. that pays tribute