robuste

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.byst/

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Adjective

robuste (plural robustes)

1. robust, hardy

Derived terms

• robustement
• robustesse

Related terms

• roboratif

Descendants

• → Dutch: robuust

Further reading

• “robuste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• broutes, broutés, obstrue, obstrué

Italian

Adjective

robuste f pl

1. feminine plural of robusto

Anagrams

• rubesto

Latin

Adjective

rōbuste

1. vocative masculine singular of rōbustus

Adverb

rōbustē (comparative rōbustius, superlative rōbustissimē)

1. strongly, firmly
   • c. 35 CE – 100 CE, Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 5.12.18:

     ita nos habitum ipsum orationis virilem et illam vim stricte robusteque dicendi tenera quadam elocutionis cute operimus […]

     In this manner we conceal the manly character of oration and the strength of speaking concisely and firmly with a delicate surface of expression […]

References

• “robuste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• robuste in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• robuste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

robuste

1. inflection of robust:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

robuste

1. inflection of robust:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Swedish

Adjective

robuste

1. definite natural masculine singular of robust