robe

See also: Robe, røbe, robé, robě, and róbě

English

A judge in judicial robes

Etymology

From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”).

Akin to Old High German roup (“booty”) (Modern German Raub (“robbery, spoils”)), Old High German roubōn (“to rob, steal”) (Modern German rauben (“to rob”)), Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty, dress, armour, robe, garment”), Old English rēafian (“to steal, deprive”). Cognate with Spanish ropa (“clothing, clothes”). More at rob, reaf, reave.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊb/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊb/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

robe (plural robes)

1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
     Robes and furred gowns hide all.

2. (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
3. A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
4. The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.

Derived terms

• bathrobe

Descendants

• → Irish: róba
• → Scottish Gaelic: ròb

Translations

long, loose outer garment

• Catalan: hàbit (ca) m, toga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礼袍，长袍 (zh)

• Crimean Tatar: anter
• Danish: kåbe c
• Dutch: kleed (nl)
• Esperanto: robo (eo)
• Estonian: kleit (et), kuub, talaar
• Finnish: kaapu (fi)
• French: robe (fr) f
• German: Robe (de) f
• Greek:

  Aeolic: σπολά f (spolá)

  Ancient: στολή f (stolḗ), ξυστίς f (xustís)

• Hebrew: חלוק‎ (he) m (chalúk)
• Hungarian: köpeny (hu), köntös (hu) (bathrobe)
• Ido: robo (io)
• Irish: gúna m, róba m

• Italian: veste (it) f, abito (it) m, (of academic, judge) toga (it) f
• Latin: trabea f, vestimentum n
• Malay: jubah
• Persian: ردا‎ (fa) (radā), تالشان‎ (tālesšān)
• Portuguese: manto (pt) m
• Romanian: halat (ro) n
• Russian: хала́т (ru) m (xalát), (mantle) ма́нтия (ru) f (mántija)
• Scottish Gaelic: ròb m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одора f, одежда

  Roman: odora (sh) f, odežda (sh) f

• Spanish: bata (es) f, veste f, hábito (es) m, toga (es) f (of an academic, judge), roba (es) f
• Swedish: rock (sv) c, dräkt (sv) c, skrud (sv)
• Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum)
• Turkish: bornoz (tr)
• Welsh: cochl m, cochlau m pl

Verb

robe (third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

1. (transitive) To clothe; to dress.
2. (intransitive) To put on official vestments.

Synonyms

• (to clothe): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Derived terms

• berobed

Anagrams

• Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, bore

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Asturian

Verb

robe

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of robar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of robar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrobɛ/
• Rhymes: -obɛ
• Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m

1. vocative singular of rob

Anagrams

• bore, oreb

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Dutch

Etymology

From French robe.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

robe f (plural roben or robes, diminutive robetje n)

1. gown, robe

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French

Etymology

Old French, from Proto-Germanic *raubō (“booty”), later "stolen clothing".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔb/

• audio

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Noun

robe f (plural robes)

1. dress, frock
2. fur, coat (of an animal)

   Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.

3. wine's colour

Hypernyms

• habit
• vêtement

Descendants

• → Dutch: robe
• → German: Robe
  • → Czech: róba

See also

• Les couleurs de la robe d'un cheval /The colors of horses' hair/ : alezan, aubère, bai, blanc, crème, gris, isabelle, noir, palomino, pie, rouan, souris.

Further reading

• “robe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bore, orbe

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Italian

Noun

robe f

1. plural of roba

Anagrams

• orbe

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• roobe, rob, robbe

Etymology

From Old French robe, from Frankish *rouba, *rauba, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą. Doublet of reif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

Noun

robe (plural robes)

1. robe (long loose garment):
   1. A robe as a symbol of rank or office.
   2. A robe as a spoil or booty of war; a robe given as a gift.
2. (as a plural) The garments an individual is wearing.

Derived terms

• roben
• warderobe

Descendants

• English: robe
  • → Irish: róba
  • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb
• Scots: robe

References

• “rō̆be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French robe, robbe, reube (“booty, spoils of war; robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *reup- (“to tear, peel”).

Noun

robe f (plural robes)

1. (Jersey) dress

   Synonym: fro

2. (Jersey) robe

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Old French

Alternative forms

• robbe, reube

Etymology

From Frankish *rouba, *rauba (“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”).

Noun

robe f (oblique plural robes, nominative singular robe, nominative plural robes)

1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
2. piece of clothing
   • c. 1170,, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     [D]onez li [d]e voz robes que vos avez
     La mellor que vos i savez.

     Give her the clothes that you have

     The best that you know of.

Related terms

• robeor
• rober

Descendants

• Middle French: robe
  • French: robe
    • → Dutch: robe
    • → German: Robe
      • → Czech: róba
• Norman: robe
• → Middle English: robe, roobe, rob, robbe
  • English: robe
    • → Irish: róba
    • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb
  • Scots: robe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (robe)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French robe [de chambre].

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʀɔ.b(ə)/
• Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m (plural robes)

1. dressing gown

   Synonym: roupão

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Spanish

Verb

robe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of robar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of robar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of robar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of robar.