robe

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

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EnglishEdit

A judge in judicial robes

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 *rewp- (“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”). More at rob, reaf, reave.

PronunciationEdit

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊb

NounEdit

robe (plural robes)

1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
   • Shakespeare

     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-in to a bedroom.

Derived termsEdit

• bathrobe

TranslationsEdit

long, loose outer garment

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

  Ancient Greek: στολή f (stolḗ)

• Hungarian: köpeny (hu), köntös (hu) (bathrobe)
• Ido: robo (io)
• Irish: gúna m
• Italian: veste (it) f, abito (it) m, (of academic, judge) toga (it) f
• Latin: vestis 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: talar (sv) c, rock (sv) c, dräkt (sv) c
• Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum)
• Turkish: bornoz (tr)
• Welsh: cochl m, cochlau m pl

VerbEdit

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

1. To clothe someone in a robe.

Derived termsEdit

• berobed

AnagramsEdit

• Bero, Boer, Ebro, bore

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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

robe

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

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CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

robe m

1. vocative singular of rob

AnagramsEdit

• bore
• oreb

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French robe.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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NounEdit

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

1. gown, robe

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔb/

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

robe f (plural robes)

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

   Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.

3. wine's colour

HypernymsEdit

• habit
• vêtement

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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

AnagramsEdit

• bore, orbe

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

robe f

1. plural of roba

AnagramsEdit

• orbe

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Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• roobe, rob, robbe

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

• roben
• warderobe

DescendantsEdit

• English: robe
• Scots: robe

ReferencesEdit

• “rō̆be (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

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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)

1. (Jersey) dress
2. (Jersey) robe

SynonymsEdit

• (dress): fro

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Old FrenchEdit

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)

1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
2. piece of clothing
   • circa 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 termsEdit

• robeor
• rober

ReferencesEdit

• 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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SpanishEdit

VerbEdit

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.