transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrīb ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin tribus, a division of the Roman people, tribe
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a social group comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together with slaves, dependents, or adopted strangers
b. : a political division of the Roman people originally representing one of the three original tribes of ancient Rome
c. : phyle
2. : a group of persons having a common character, occupation, or interest
3. : a category of taxonomic classification ranking below a subfamily ; also : a natural group irrespective of taxonomic rank
the cat tribe
the rose tribe