robe

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

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊb/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊb/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

robe (plural robes)

1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.

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.

Derived terms

• bathrobe
• buffalo robe
• Holy Robe
• lap robe
• long robe
• riding-robe
• riding robe
• robe decollete
• robe montante
• touch someone's robe
• touch the hem of someone's robe

Related terms

• robe à la française
• robe à la polonaise
• robe battante
• robe de gaulle
• robe de style
• robe volante

Descendants

• → Irish: róba
• → Scottish Gaelic: ròb

Translations

long, loose outer garment — see also bathrobe,‎ toga,‎ tunic

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 or f (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, stola f Malay: jubah (ms) Persian: ردا (fa) (radâ), تالشان (tâlesšân) Polish: szata (pl) f 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, boatiné m, guatiné m, salto de cama m, déshabillé m (desabiié), batín m Swedish: rock (sv) c, dräkt (sv) c, skrud (sv) Thai: เสื้อคลุม (sʉ̂ʉa-klum) Turkish: bornoz (tr) Welsh: cochl m, cochlau m pl

Verb

robe (third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

1. (transitive) To clothe; to dress.

   robed in glory

2. (intransitive) To put on official vestments.

Synonyms

• (to clothe): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Derived terms

• berobed

Anagrams

• Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, bore

Asturian

Verb

robe

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrobɛ]
• Rhymes: -obɛ
• Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m

1. vocative singular of rob

Anagrams

• bore, oreb

Dutch

Etymology

From French robe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

1. gown, robe

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔb/

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Noun

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

Hypernyms

• habit
• vêtement

Derived terms

• noblesse de robe
• robe à tournure
• robe de chambre
• robe de mariée
• robe de nuit
• robe de soirée

Descendants

• → Dutch: robe
• → German: Robe
  • → Czech: róba
• → Romanian: robă f
• → Turkish: rop

See also

• Les couleurs de la robe d'un cheval /The colors of horses' hair/ : alezan, aubère, bai, blanc, crème, gris, isabelle, noir, palomino, pie, rouan, souris.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bore, orbe

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

robe f

1. plural of roba

Anagrams

• ebro, orbe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• roobe, rob, robbe

Etymology

From Old French robe, from Frankish *rouba, *rauba, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą. Doublet of reif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• roben
• warderobe

Descendants

• English: robe
  • → Irish: róba
  • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb
• Scots: robe

References

• “rō̆be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.

Norman

Etymology

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”).

Noun

robe f (plural robes)

1. (Jersey) dress

   Synonym: fro

2. (Jersey) robe

Old French

Alternative forms

• robbe, reube

Etymology

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”).

Noun

robe oblique singular, 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.

Related terms

• robeor
• rober

Descendants

• Middle French: robe
  • French: robe
    • → Dutch: robe
    • → German: Robe
      • → Czech: róba
    • → Romanian: robă f
    • → Turkish: rop
• Norman: robe
• → Middle English: robe, roobe, rob, robbe
  • English: robe
    • → Irish: róba
    • → Scottish Gaelic: ròb
  • Scots: robe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (robe)

Old Irish

Verb

·robe

1. alternative spelling of ·robae

Mutation

Mutation of ·robe

radical	lenition	nasalization
·robe	·robe pronounced with /ɾ-/	·robe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.