robber

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɹɒ.bə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"rQ.b@(r\)/
• Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

1. A person who robs.

Hyponyms

• bank robber
• mugger

Hypernyms

• thief

Derived terms

• robber baron

Related terms

• rob
• robbery

Translations

one who robs

• Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
• Bulgarian: разбойник (bg) (razbojnik) m
• Catalan: lladre (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強盜 (cmn), 强盗 (cmn) (qiángdào)

• Czech: zloděj (cs) m, lupič (cs) m
• Danish: røver (da) c
• Dutch: rover (nl)
• Esperanto: rabisto (eo)
• Finnish: ryöstäjä (fi), ryöväri (fi)
• French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
• German: Räuber (de) m
• Greek: ληστής (el) (listís) m
• Hungarian: rabló (hu)
• Italian: ladrone (it) m

• Japanese: 盗賊 (ja) (とうぞく, tōzoku), 強盗 (ja) (がんどう, gandō, ごうとう, gōtō)
• Kurdish: talanker, şelîner, rêbirr, korsan, eşqiya, heydûd, nijdevan, çete, rêgir
• Manx: roosteyr (gv) m
• Meru: mwamba
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raner (nb) m

  Nynorsk: ranar (nn) m

• Ojibwe: gimoodishkiiwinini, makandwewinini
• Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
• Russian: грабитель (ru) (grabítel’) m
• Slovene: ropar (sl) m
• Spanish: ladrón (es) m, ladrona (es) f
• Swahili: mnyang'anyi (sw)
• Swedish: rånare (sv) c, rövare (sv) c
• Vietnamese: kẻ cướp (vi)

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Middle French

Etymology

Old French rober, see English rob for more information.

Verb

robber

1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

   Conjugation of robber

		simple			compound
infinitive		robber			avoir robbé
gerund		en robbant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		robbant
past participle		robbé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (may be j' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils, elles
simple tenses	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
	imperfect	robbois, robboys	robbois, robboys	robboit, robboyt	robbions, robbyons	robbiez, robbyez	robboient, robboyent
	past historic	robba	robbas	robba	robbasmes	robbastes	robberent
	future	robberai, robberay	robberas	robbera	robberons	robberez	robberont
	conditional	robberois, robberoys	robberois, robberoys	robberoit, robberoyt	robberions, robberyons	robberiez, robberyez	robberoient, robberoyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ils, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
	imperfect	robbasse	robbasses	robbast	robbassions	robbassiez	robbassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	robbe	—	robbons	robbez	—