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- pronunciation:
- traI
b
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
(sometimes cap.) of, concerning, or characteristic of a tribe or tribes.
tribal rituals |
| related words: |
clannish, social |
adverb + (adj.)tribal
federally
(adj.)tribal
+ noun
affiliation,
ancestor,
animosity,
archaeologist,
area,
artifact,
autonomy,
belt,
boundary,
casino,
ceremony,
chairman,
chief,
chieftain,
clan,
college,
community,
conflict,
consciousness,
council,
councilman,
culture,
custom,
dance,
dancing,
discourse,
drum,
elder,
enrollment,
enterprise,
entity,
faction,
feud,
fighter,
fighting,
gambling,
gaming,
government,
grouping,
hatred,
heritage,
homeland,
identification,
identity,
jurisdiction,
land,
leader,
leadership,
literature,
loyalty,
mask,
member,
membership,
militia,
museum,
myth,
narrative,
nation,
northwest,
policeman,
politics,
powwow,
preservation,
province,
region,
religion,
representative,
rite,
ritual,
rivalry,
rug,
self-determination,
shaman,
sheik,
sheikh,
society,
solidarity,
sovereignty,
status,
tattoo,
territory,
tie,
tradition,
treaty,
trickster,
trust,
village,
warfare,
warlord,
warrior,
zone
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| derivation: |
tribally (adv.) |
The word tribal
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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