robe – Wiktionary

See also: Robe, røbe, robé, robě

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A judge in judicial robes

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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”).

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robe (plural robes)

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  Irish: róba

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  Scottish Gaelic: ròb

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long, loose outer garment

• Bulgarian: роба(bg)

  f

  (

  roba

  )

• Catalan: hàbit(ca)

  m

  , toga(ca)

  f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 礼袍长袍(zh)

• Crimean Tatar: anter
• Danish: kåbe

  c

• Dutch: kleed(nl)
• Esperanto: robo(eo)
• Estonian: kleit(et)kuubtalaar
• 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)

  (

  radā

  )

  , تالشان

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  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: 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 present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

1. (

   transitive

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   To clothe; to dress.

2. (

   intransitive

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   To put on official vestments.

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robe

Czech

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robe m

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Dutch

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From French robe.

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

French

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Etymology

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

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• IPA(key):

  /ʁɔb/

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robe f (plural robes)

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

   Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.

3. wine’s colour

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See also

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• Les couleurs de la robe d’un chevalalezanaubèrebaiblanccrèmegrisisabellenoirpalominopierouansouris

Further reading

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• “robe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé

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  Digitized Treasury of the French Language

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  , 2012.

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robe f

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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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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

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   The garments an individual is wearing.

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• English: robe

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    Irish: róba

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    Scottish Gaelic: ròb

• Scots: robe

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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)

Old French

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

1. booty; spoils

   (

   chiefly of war

   )

2. piece of clothing
   • c. 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.

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• Middle French: robe
  • French: robe

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      Dutch: robe

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      German: Robe

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        Czech: róba

• Norman: robe

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  Middle English: roberooberobrobbe

  • English: robe

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      Irish: róba

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      Scottish Gaelic: ròb

  • Scots: robe

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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

Noun

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robe m (plural robes)

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robe