arrobe

See also: arrobé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish arroba, an old weight unit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʁɔb/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

arrobe f (plural arrobes)

1. (computing, rare) the at symbol, @

   Synonyms: (also very rare) arrobas; (more common) arobase

References

• "French baulk @ official e-mail vocab", BBC News

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• arbore, arboré, robera

Spanish

Verb

arrobe

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