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robe

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

English

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A judge in judicial robes

Etymology

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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”).

cognates and related terms

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.

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robe (plural robes)

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

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  • → Irish: róba
  • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb

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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.

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Verb

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robe

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

Czech

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robe m

  1. vocative singular of rob

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From French robe.

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

  1. gown, robe

French

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

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robe f (plural robes)

  1. dress, frock
  2. fur, coat (of an animal)
    Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.
    This horse has a dun coat.
  3. wine's colour

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.be/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbe
  • Hyphenation: rò‧be

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robe f

  1. plural of roba

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Middle English

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Etymology

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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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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

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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.

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Etymology

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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”).

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robe f (plural robes)

  1. (Jersey) dress
    Synonym: fro
  2. (Jersey) robe

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Etymology

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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”).

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

  1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
  2. piece of clothing
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References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (robe)

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From French robe [de chambre].[1]

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  • Hyphenation: ro‧be

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robe m (plural robes)

  1. dressing gown
    Synonym: roupão

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  1. ^ “robe”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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Verb

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robe

  1. inflection of robar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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