tributary
/ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/
tributary noun: a natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
Noun
tributary (plural tributaries)
- A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
- Antonyms:
- distributary
- A vein which drains into another vein.
- The great saphenous vein is a tributary of the femoral vein.
- A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
- An earneſt Coniuration from the King, / As England was his faithfull Tributaryc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
Adjective
tributary (not comparable)
- Related to the paying of tribute.
- Subordinate; inferior.
- to grace his tributary gods1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
- Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
- The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
tributary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tributary in Hindi
- tributary
- उपनदी upandī, शाखा śākhā
- a tributary
- सहायक sahāyak
tributary in Tamil
- சேர்நதி, துணையாறு, நுண்சிரை, துணையான, உடனுதவியான
tributary in Marathi
- उपनदी
tributary in Urdu
- خراج مند
More languagesFewer languages
- tributary in Bengali
- শাখা śakha
- tributary in Malayalam
- ഉപനദി, പോഷകനദി, കപ്പം നൽകുന്ന ഭരണാധിപൻ
- tributary in Kannada
- ಉಪನದಿ, ಕೂಡುಹೊಳೆ, ಸೀಳುನದಿ
- tributary in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਖਾ śākhā
- tributary in Gujarati
- કરદાતા kardātā
- tributary in Odia
- ଉପନଦୀ
- tributary in Pashto
- مجرا majrá
- tributary in Arabic
- رَافِد rāfid
- tributary in Thai
- แคว kwɛɛ
- tributary in Vietnamese
- phụ lưu
Examples of tributary in a sentence
- The DS-3 standard uses bit stuffing to allow the clocks of its tributaries to be plesiochronous.
- Situated on bluffs above the Huangpu, a tributary of the Yangtze, Shanghai—which means ‘above the sea’—is sinking.
- The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S.
Synonyms of tributary
Antonyms
Forms of tributary
| plural | tributaries |
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Origin of tributary
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin tribūtārius, from tribūtum (“tribute”).
Words formed from tributary
- left tributary
- right tributary
- palaeotributary
- tributaryless
- nontributary
- tributarily
- tributariness
- tributary load
- tributary state
- untributary
Phrases with tributary
Questions about tributary
- What does tributary mean?
- Tributary means a natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
- What is tributary in Hindi?
- Tributary in Hindi is उपनदी (upandī), शाखा (śākhā), सहायक (sahāyak). See Tributary meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tributary?
- Tributary can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tributary?
- Tributary is pronounced /ˈtɹɪbjʊtəɹi/.
- What is the plural of tributary?
- The plural of tributary is tributaries.
Words near tributary in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tributary (page history and authors); उपनदी (Hindi) (page history and authors); tributary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tributary (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tributary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শাখা (Bengali) (page history and authors); tributary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tributary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਾਖਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કરદાતા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); tributary (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); مجرا (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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