A judge in judicial robesFromMiddle Englishrobe,roobe, fromOld Frenchrobe,robbe,reube(“booty, spoils of war, robe, garment”), fromFrankish*rouba,*rauba(“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally“things taken”), fromProto-Germanic*raubō,*raubaz,*raubą(“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), fromProto-Indo-European*Hrewp-(“to tear, peel”).
cognates and related terms
Akin toOld High Germanroup(“booty”) (ModernGermanRaub(“robbery, spoils”)),Old High Germanroubōn(“to rob, steal”) (ModernGermanrauben(“to rob”)),Old Englishrēaf(“spoils, booty, dress, armour, robe, garment”),Old Englishrēafian(“to steal, deprive”). Cognate withSpanishropa(“clothing, clothes”). More atrob,reaf,reave.
robe (pluralrobes)
- Alonglooseoutergarment, often signifying honorary stature.
c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene vi]:Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; /Robes and furred gowns hide all.
- (US) The skin of an animal, especially thebison,dressed with the fur on, and used as awrap.
- Awardrobe, especially onebuilt into abedroom.
- The largest and strongesttobaccoleaves.
long, loose outer garment
- Bulgarian:роба (bg) f(roba)
- Catalan:hàbit (ca) m,toga (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:礼袍，长袍 (zh)(chángpáo)
- Crimean Tatar:anter
- Danish:kåbe c
- Dutch:kleed (nl),toga (nl) m orf(academia, judiciary)
- Esperanto:robo (eo)
- Estonian:kleit (et),kuub,talaar
- Finnish:kaapu (fi)
- French:robe (fr) f
- German:Robe (de) f
- Greek:
- Aeolic:σπολά f(spolá)
- Ancient:στολή f(stolḗ),ξυστίς f(xustís)
- Hebrew:חלוק (he) m(chalúk)
- Hungarian:köpeny (hu),köntös (hu)(bathrobe)
- Ido:robo (io)
- Irish:gúna m,róba m
- Italian:veste (it) f,abito (it) m,(of academic, judge)toga (it) f
- Latin:trabea f,peplum n,palla f,vestimentum n
- Malay:jubah (ms)
- Persian:ردا (fa)(radâ),تالشان(tâlesšân)
- 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
- Sicilian:robbi f pl,panni m pl,vistita f pl
- Spanish:bata (es) f,hábito (es) m,toga (es) f(of an academic, judge),boatiné m,guatiné m,salto de cama m,déshabillé m
- Swedish:rock (sv) c,dräkt (sv) c,skrud (sv)
- Thai:เสื้อคลุม(sʉ̂ʉa-klum)
- Turkish:bornoz (tr)
- Welsh:cochl m,cochlau m pl
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robe (third-person singular simple presentrobes,present participlerobing,simple past and past participlerobed)
- (transitive) Toclothe; todress.
- (intransitive) To put onofficialvestments.
robe
- first-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofrobar
- third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive ofrobar
robe m
- vocativesingular ofrob
FromFrenchrobe.
robe f (pluralrobenorrobes,diminutiverobetje n)
- gown,robe
Inherited fromOld French, fromProto-Germanic*raubō(“booty”), later "stolen clothing".
robe f (pluralrobes)
- dress,frock
- fur,coat (of an animal)
Ce cheval a unerobe isabelle.- This horse has a duncoat.
- wine'scolour
- Les couleurs de la robe d'uncheval /The colors of horses' hair/ :alezan,aubère,bai,blanc,crème,gris,isabelle,noir,palomino,pie,rouan,souris.
robe f
- plural ofroba
FromOld Frenchrobe, fromFrankish*rouba,*rauba, fromProto-West Germanic*raub, fromProto-Germanic*raubō,*raubaz,*raubą.Doublet ofreif.
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/,/ˈrɔb(ə)/
robe (pluralrobes)
- 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.
FromOld Frenchrobe,robbe,reube(“booty, spoils of war; robe, garment”), fromFrankish*rouba,*rauba(“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally“things taken”), fromProto-Germanic*raubō,*raubaz,*raubą(“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), fromProto-Indo-European*reup-(“to tear, peel”).
robe f (pluralrobes)
- (Jersey)dress
- Synonym:fro
- (Jersey)robe
FromFrankish*rouba,*rauba(“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally“things taken”), fromProto-Germanic*raubō,*raubaz,*raubą(“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”).
robeoblique singular, f (oblique pluralrobes,nominative singularrobe,nominative pluralrobes)
- booty;spoils(chiefly of war)
- piece ofclothing
- Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (robe)
FromFrenchrobe [de chambre].[1]
robe m (pluralrobes)
- dressing gown
- Synonym:roupão
robe
- inflection ofrobar:
- first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
- third-personsingularimperative
