See also: Robot, robót, robòt, and róbot

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Etymology 1

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From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.

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robot (uncountable)

  1. (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour. [from 19th c.]
    • 1849, Littell's Living Age, volume 23, page 309:
      “I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”
    • 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 159:
      Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome.

Etymology 2

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An industrial robot (sense 2) engraving on a metal plate

    Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (drudgery, servitude). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.[1] Ultimately a cognate with Old English earfoþe and German Arbeit. Doublet of orphan.

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    robot (plural robots)

    1. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal. [from 20th c.]
      • c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama [], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act I, page 17:
        Young Rossum invented a worker with a minimum amount of requirements. He had to simplify him. He rejected everything that did not contribute directly to the progress of work—everything that makes man more expensive. In fact, he rejected man and made the Robot. My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are, they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul.
      • 2010 January 26, Tom Chivers, Iain McDiarmid, The Telegraph:
        The robots in Dick's novel, loosely adapted by Ridley Scott into the film Blade Runner, were so similar to humans that when they went rogue, trained bounty hunters were called in to perform psychological tests to see whether suspected androids lacked human empathy.
    2. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed. [from 20th c.]
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:robot
      Hypernym: automaton
      Hyponym: android
      We have a robot in the house that does the vacuuming.
      • 2010 May 16, Tim Webb, The Guardian:
        It's painfully slow and complex work which has never been attempted before in these conditions: the small box-shaped robots, equipped with two claws, are operating in almost freezing water 5,000ft below the surface, in pitch black and strong currents.
    3. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions or individuality. [from 20th c.]
      • 1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3:
        Straight society tries to change us by several means. Most of the time, it is mental torture, though physical abuse is not uncommon. We are programmed to be straight starting from the day we are born, and every action, word, and feeling must conform to the straight image. If we DO decide to be free rather than to be robots, here are some of the consequences.
      • 2006, Murray N. Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page xiv:
        Yet surely he was a humorless robot of a man, spewing forth lonely and bitter critiques of all those lesser mortals with whom he could not identify.
    4. (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman). [from 20th c.]
    5. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
    6. (dance, preceded by definite article) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.
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    Referencing the origin of the name of the 4chan imageboard /r9k/ (created in 2008), so-called because it implements the ROBOT9000 algorithm by Randall Munroe to prevent the reposting of content.

    Possibly overlapping with the sense of robot (a person who does not seem to have any emotions), alluding to autism, due to the prevalence of personal stories describing awkward or embarrassing situations on the board.

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    robot (plural robots)

    1. (Internet slang, 4chan slang) A habitual poster on the /r9k/ board on 4chan; a member of the /r9k/ community.
      • 2015 October 1, David Kravets, “Ominous messages left on 4chan day before Oregon college killings [Updated]”, in Ars Technica[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-06:
        One anonymous message addressed to "fellow robots" hoped readers would have "an enjoyable Elliot Rodger day"—a reference to the shooter who killed six near a Santa Barbara university last year.
      • 2015 October 3, Jay Hathaway, “How 4chan Trolled Two of Its Friends by Framing Them for the Oregon Mass Shooting”, in Gawker[3], archived from the original on 2022-11-20:
        Posters on the board are locked in an ongoing debate about who can be one of them— a "robot." Can white guys be robots, despite their privilege? Can black guys? Women love them! It goes on and on. Only one rule really seems to be agreed upon: "If you have no friends and no gf you are a robot."
      • 2015 October 5, Justin Wm. Moyer, anonymous quotee, “Philadelphia colleges on alert after 4chan post threatens violence Monday”, in The Washington Post[4], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-06-24:
        It continued: "On October 5, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. CT, a fellow robot will take up arms against a university near Philadelphia. His cries will be heard, his victims will cower in fear, and the strength of the Union will decay a little more."
      • 2019, Dale Beran, It Came from Something Awful: How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office, New York, N.Y.: All Points Books, →ISBN:
        As /r9k/ robots posted and reposted Pepes to playfully mock their status as grotesque outsiders whose very visage was disturbing to "normies," they ushered in a renaissance of frogs that soon appealed to all the netizens who every year had a little more in common with withdrawn, internet-soaked hikikomori.

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    1. ^ Adams, Caralee (2021 March 24) “Major SciFi Discovery Hiding in Plain Sight at the Internet Archive”, in Internet Archive Blogs[1], Internet Archive

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      Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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      robot (plural robotte)

      1. robot
      2. traffic light
        • 1997, Riana Scheepers, Dogters van Afrika. Verhale oor Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue, Tafelberg (publ.).
          As die robotte na groen oorslaan, brul hulle en storm vorentoe.
          When the traffic lights switch to green, they roar and storm forward.

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        Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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        • IPA(key): /robot/ [ro.β̞ot̪]
        • Rhymes: -obot, -ot
        • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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        robot anim

        1. robot

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        Declension of robot (animate, ending in consonant)
        indefinite singular plural
        absolutive robot robota robotak
        ergative robotek robotak robotek
        dative roboti robotari robotei
        genitive roboten robotaren roboten
        comitative robotekin robotarekin robotekin
        causative robotengatik robotarengatik robotengatik
        benefactive robotentzat robotarentzat robotentzat
        instrumental robotez robotaz robotez
        inessive robotengan robotarengan robotengan
        locative
        allative robotengana robotarengana robotengana
        terminative robotenganaino robotarenganaino robotenganaino
        directive robotenganantz robotarenganantz robotenganantz
        destinative robotenganako robotarenganako robotenganako
        ablative robotengandik robotarengandik robotengandik
        partitive robotik
        prolative robot-tzat
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        • robot”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

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          Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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          robot m (plural robots)

          1. robot

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          From English robot, from Czech robot, from robota (drudgery, servitude). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.

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          • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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          robot

          1. a machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed
          2. an intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal
          3. (figuratively) a person who does not seem to have any emotions
          4. a style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

          Czech

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            From robota. Coined by Czech painter and writer Josef Čapek, it first appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. by his brother Karel Čapek.

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            robot m anim

            1. robot (in humanoid form)

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            robot m anim or m inan

            1. robot (in non-humanoid form)

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            • robot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
            • robot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
            • robot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

            Danish

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              Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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              robot c (singular definite robotten, plural indefinite robotter)

              1. robot

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              Borrowed, likely from German Robot, from Czech robot. The plural is likely influenced by English or French.

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              • IPA(key): /ˈroː.bɔt/
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              • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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              robot m (plural robots or robotten, diminutive robotje n)

              1. robot [from 1921]
                Synonym: kunstmens

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                Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                robot m (plural robots)

                1. robot
                  Je ne suis pas un robot.I am not a robot.

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                  Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                  • IPA(key): /roˈbɔt/ [roˈβ̞ɔt̪]
                  • Rhymes: -ɔt
                  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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                  robot m (plural robots)

                  1. robot

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                  Hungarian

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                  • IPA(key): [ˈrobot]
                  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot
                  • Rhymes: -ot

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                  From Bavarian robat, robold, from Czech robota (forced labour, drudgery).

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                  robot (plural robotok)

                  1. (historical) socage, forced labour
                  2. (figuratively) hard work, drudgery
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                  Possessive forms of robot
                  possessor single possession multiple possessions
                  1st person sing. robotom robotjaim
                  2nd person sing. robotod robotjaid
                  3rd person sing. robotja robotjai
                  1st person plural robotunk robotjaink
                  2nd person plural robototok robotjaitok
                  3rd person plural robotjuk robotjaik
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                  From Czech robot, from robota (forced labour, drudgery). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek.

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                  robot (plural robotok)

                  1. robot
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                  Possessive forms of robot
                  possessor single possession multiple possessions
                  1st person sing. robotom robotjaim
                  2nd person sing. robotod robotjaid
                  3rd person sing. robotja robotjai
                  1st person plural robotunk robotjaink
                  2nd person plural robototok robotjaitok
                  3rd person plural robotjuk robotjaik
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                  • robot in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

                  Indonesian

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                    Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                    robot (plural robot-robot)

                    1. robot

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                      Borrowed from French robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                      robot m (invariable, diminutive robottìno)

                      1. robot
                        Synonyms: androide, automa
                      2. (computing, video games) bot
                        Synonyms: bot, CPU, computer

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                      The French-inspired, possibly hyperforeign pronunciation /roˈbo/ might be falling out with the younger generations, which see it as an old-fashioned pronunciation and prefer the second one (/ˈrɔ.bot/) instead. Additionally, the first pronunciation is also deliberately spelled robò.

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                      1. ^ robot in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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                      Etymology

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                      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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                      • IPA(key): /ˈɹʷoː.bʌt/
                      • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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                      robot (plural robot dem, quantified robot)

                      1. (slang) illegal taxi
                        Mi n'ave nuh big money fi spen' pon taxi. See one robot a come deh. Mek wi tek it.
                        I don't have a lot of money to spend on a cab. Here's an illegal taxi. Let's take that.
                        • 2013, “Robot – Patois Definition”, in Jamaican Patwah[5] (in English):
                          “Slang expression for a vehicle that is operating as a taxi without the proper license that is required. []

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                      • robot at JamaicanPatwah.com

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                      robot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present roboju, robo, robo, past roboju)

                      1. to notch
                      2. to jag
                      3. to make an incision (on)

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                      Conjugation of robot
                      indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
                      (pavēles izteiksme)
                      present
                      (tagadne)
                      past
                      (pagātne)
                      future
                      (nākotne)
                      1st person sg es roboju roboju robošu
                      2nd person sg tu robo roboji robosi robo
                      3rd person sg viņš, viņa robo roboja robos lai robo
                      1st person pl mēs robojam robojām robosim robosim
                      2nd person pl jūs robojat robojāt robosiet,
                      robosit
                      robojiet
                      3rd person pl viņi, viņas robo roboja robos lai robo
                      renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
                      present robojot present active 1 (adj.) robojošs
                      past esot robojis present active 2 (adv.) robodams
                      future robošot present active 3 (adv.) robojot
                      imperative lai robojot present active 4 (obj.) robojam
                      conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active robojis
                      present robotu present passive robojams
                      past būtu robojis past passive robots
                      debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
                      indicative (būt) jārobo infinitive (nenoteiksme) robot
                      conjunctive 1 esot jārobo negative infinitive nerobot
                      conjunctive 2 jārobojot verbal noun robošana

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                        Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                        robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural roboter, definite plural robotene)

                        1. robot

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                          Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                          robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural robotar, definite plural robotane)

                          1. robot

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                            Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                            robot m animal (female equivalent (rare) robotka)

                            1. robot

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                            • robot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
                            • robot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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                            Unadapted borrowing from French robot.

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                            robot m (plural robots)

                            1. (rare) Alternative spelling of robô

                            Romanian

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                              Borrowed from French robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                              robot m (plural roboți)

                              1. robot

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                              Declension of robot
                              singular plural
                              indefinite definite indefinite definite
                              nominative-accusative robot robotul roboți roboții
                              genitive-dative robot robotului roboți roboților
                              vocative robotule roboților

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                                Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                • IPA(key): /rôbot/
                                • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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                                rȍbot m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏бот)

                                1. robot

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                                Declension of robot
                                singular plural
                                nominative robot roboti
                                genitive robota robota
                                dative robotu robotima
                                accusative robot robote
                                vocative robote roboti
                                locative robotu robotima
                                instrumental robotom robotima

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                                  Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                  robọ̑t m anim

                                  1. robot

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                                  The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
                                  Masculine anim., hard o-stem
                                  nom. sing. robót
                                  gen. sing. robóta
                                  singular dual plural
                                  nominative
                                  (imenovȃlnik)
                                  robót robóta robóti
                                  genitive
                                  (rodȋlnik)
                                  robóta robótov robótov
                                  dative
                                  (dajȃlnik)
                                  robótu robótoma robótom
                                  accusative
                                  (tožȋlnik)
                                  robóta robóta robóte
                                  locative
                                  (mẹ̑stnik)
                                  robótu robótih robótih
                                  instrumental
                                  (orọ̑dnik)
                                  robótom robótoma robóti

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                                  • robot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
                                  • robot”, in Termania, Amebis
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                                    Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                    • IPA(key): /roˈbot/ [roˈβ̞ot̪]
                                    • Rhymes: -ot
                                    • Syllabification: ro‧bot

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                                    robot m (plural robots)

                                    1. robot

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                                      Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota. First attested in 1921. The weaponry sense attested since 1944.

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                                      robot c

                                      1. a robot (machine that carries out complex tasks)
                                        Plåt-Niklas är en robot
                                        Sheet-Niklas is a robot
                                      2. (weaponry) a missile, guided missile
                                        Synonym: missil
                                        Hypernym: robotvapen
                                        Hyponyms: kryssningsrobot, luftvärnsrobot, sjömålsrobot
                                        Holonym: robotsystem

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                                        Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                        robot (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜊᜓᜆ᜔)

                                        1. robot

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                                        • robot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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                                          Borrowed from French robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                          • IPA(key): /ɾoˈbot/
                                          • Hyphenation: ro‧bot
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                                          robot (definite accusative robotu, plural robotlar)

                                          1. robot [from 1933]
                                          2. Ellipsis of mutfak robotu (food processor).

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                                          Declension of robot
                                          singular plural
                                          nominative robot robotlar
                                          definite accusative robotu robotları
                                          dative robota robotlara
                                          locative robotta robotlarda
                                          ablative robottan robotlardan
                                          genitive robotun robotların

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                                          Vietnamese

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                                            Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                            robot

                                            1. robot

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                                              Borrowed from English robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota, from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

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                                              robot m (plural robotiaid or robotau, not mutable)

                                              1. robot

                                              Usage notes

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                                              The plural form robotiaid is preferred for humanoid robots or androids whereas the plural form robotau designates machines.

                                              Derived terms

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                                              Further reading

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                                              • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “robot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies