German

Noun

Tribunal n ‎(genitive Tribunals or Tribunales, plural Tribunale)

1. an assembly of one or more judges to conduct judicial business
2. a court, especially one set up to hold a trial against a certain crime or group of crimes
3. the seat of a judge

Declension

English

Noun

tribunal ‎(plural tribunals)

1. An assembly including one or more judges to conduct judicial business; a court of law.
2. (Philippines, historical) A kind of village hall used to transact business, to quarter troops and travellers, and to confine prisoners.

Translations

Derived terms

• drumhead tribunal
• industrial tribunal
• military tribunal

Anagrams

• turbinal

Catalan

Noun

tribunal m ‎(plural tribunals)

1. tribunal

French

Etymology

From Latin tribūnal ‎(“tribunal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.by.nal/

Noun

tribunal m ‎(plural tribunaux)

1. tribunal
2. (law) court

Synonyms

• (court): cour

Ladin

Noun

tribunal m ‎(plural tribunai)

1. tribunal

Latin

Etymology

Neuter gender of supposed adjective *tribūnālis, from tribūnus ‎(“tribune”), from tribus ‎(“tribe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /triˈbuː.nal/

Noun

tribūnal n ‎(genitive tribūnālis); third declension

1. a raised semicircular or square platform, on which the seats of magistrates were placed; tribunal, judgment seat, dias, camp platform
2. cenotaph
3. (metonymically) a court of law, tribunal; judgment
4. (by extension) any platform used for purposes other than above
5. (by extension) mound, dam, embankment
6. (figuratively) height, greatness

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tribunal”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin tribūnal.

Noun

tribunal m ‎(oblique plural tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative singular tribunaus or tribunax or tribunals, nominative plural tribunal)

1. tribunal; court

Adjective

tribunal m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular tribunale)

1. of or relating to a tribunal

Descendants

• English: tribunal (borrowed)
• French: tribunal

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tribūnal.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.βu.ˈnaɫ/
• Hyphenation: tri‧bu‧nal

Noun

tribunal m (plural tribunais)

1. court
2. tribunal

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin tribūnal ‎(“tribunal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tribǔnaːl/
• Hyphenation: tri‧bu‧nal

Noun

tribùnāl m ‎(Cyrillic spelling трибу̀на̄л)

1. tribunal

Declension

References

• “tribunal” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tribūnal ‎(“tribunal”).

Noun

tribunal m ‎(plural tribunales)

1. tribunal

See also

• juzgado
• corte
• juicio

Swedish

Noun

tribunal c

1. a tribunal
2. (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

Declension