robe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəʊb/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊb/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊb
NounEdit
robe (plural robes)
- 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.
- (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
- A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
- The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.
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VerbEdit
robe (third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)
- (transitive) To clothe; to dress.
- (intransitive) To put on official vestments.
SynonymsEdit
- (to clothe): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe
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AsturianEdit
VerbEdit
robe
- first-person singular present subjunctive of robar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of robar
CzechEdit
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NounEdit
robe m
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NounEdit
robe f (plural roben or robes, diminutive robetje n)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Old French, from Proto-Germanic *raubō (“booty”), later "stolen clothing".
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NounEdit
robe f (plural robes)
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See alsoEdit
- 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 readingEdit
- “robe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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ItalianEdit
NounEdit
robe f
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Middle EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Old French robe, from Frankish *rouba, *rauba, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą. Doublet of reif.
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NounEdit
robe (plural robes)
- robe (long loose garment):
- A robe as a symbol of rank or office.
- A robe as a spoil or booty of war; a robe given as a gift.
- (as a plural) The garments an individual is wearing.
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ReferencesEdit
- “rō̆be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
robe f (plural robes)
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
NounEdit
robe f (oblique plural robes, nominative singular robe, nominative plural robes)
- booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
- 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.
- [D]onez li [d]e voz robes que vos avez
- c. 1170,, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (robe)
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French robe [de chambre].[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
robe m (plural robes)
- dressing gown
- Synonym: roupão
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “robe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
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robe