tribute

• n. 贈り物; [税] 貢ぎ物; 弔辞; (特に死者に対する) 貢ぎ物、弔辞、弔慰品

ラテン語のtribuereから、支払う、分配する、与える、部族間などに富を分配する、tribus, tribusから、部族と語源は同じ。

tribute (n.)

mid-14c., "stated sum of money or other valuable consideration paid by one ruler or country to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of peace or protection," from Anglo-French tribute, Old French tribut and directly from Latin tributum "tribute, a stated payment, a thing contributed or paid," noun use of neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere "to pay, assign, grant," also "allot among the tribes or to a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). Sense of "offering, gift, token" is first recorded 1580s.

1. The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison.

その曲はロイ?オビソンへのオマージュだった。

2.The award was a fitting tribute to her years of devoted work.

この賞は、彼女の長年の献身的な仕事に対する適切な褒賞だ。

3.At her funeral her oldest friend paid tribute to her life and work.

葬儀で、彼女の最初の友人は彼女の一生と仕事を高く称賛した。

4.She accepted their tribute graciously.

彼女は彼らの挨拶を慈悲深く受け入れた。

5.All rose and stood in silent tribute .

全員起立して黙祷する。