rober

See also: røber

French

Etymology

From robe (“robe, dress”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.be/

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Verb

rober

1. to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco

Conjugation

Conjugation of rober (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rober
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	robant /ʁɔ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		robé /ʁɔ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	robe /ʁɔb/	robes /ʁɔb/	robe /ʁɔb/	robons /ʁɔ.bɔ̃/	robez /ʁɔ.be/	robent /ʁɔb/
	imperfect	robais /ʁɔ.bɛ/	robais /ʁɔ.bɛ/	robait /ʁɔ.bɛ/	robions /ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/	robiez /ʁɔ.bje/	robaient /ʁɔ.bɛ/
	past historic2	robai /ʁɔ.be/	robas /ʁɔ.ba/	roba /ʁɔ.ba/	robâmes /ʁɔ.bam/	robâtes /ʁɔ.bat/	robèrent /ʁɔ.bɛʁ/
	future	roberai /ʁɔ.bʁe/	roberas /ʁɔ.bʁa/	robera /ʁɔ.bʁa/	roberons /ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/	roberez /ʁɔ.bʁe/	roberont /ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	roberais /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/	roberais /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/	roberait /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/	roberions /ʁɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	roberiez /ʁɔ.bə.ʁje/	roberaient /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	robe /ʁɔb/	robes /ʁɔb/	robe /ʁɔb/	robions /ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/	robiez /ʁɔ.bje/	robent /ʁɔb/
	imperfect2	robasse /ʁɔ.bas/	robasses /ʁɔ.bas/	robât /ʁɔ.ba/	robassions /ʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/	robassiez /ʁɔ.ba.sje/	robassent /ʁɔ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	robe /ʁɔb/	—	robons /ʁɔ.bɔ̃/	robez /ʁɔ.be/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• robber, robier

Etymology

From Late Latin raubāre.

Verb

rober

1. to rob; to steal
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Les viles ont robees, e li aveirs toz pris

     They robbed the towns, and took all their belongings

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of rober (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rober			avoir robé
gerund		en robant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		robant
past participle		robé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	rop	robes	robe	robons	robez	robent
	imperfect	roboie, robeie, roboe, robeve	roboies, robeies, roboes, robeves	roboit, robeit, robot, robeve	robiiens, robiens	robiiez, robiez	roboient, robeient, roboent, robevent
	preterite	robai	robas	roba	robames	robastes	roberent
	future	roberai	roberas	robera	roberons	roberoiz, robereiz, roberez	roberont
	conditional	roberoie, robereie	roberoies, robereies	roberoit, robereit	roberiiens, roberiens	roberiiez, roberiez	roberoient, robereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	rop	ros	rot	robons	robez	robent
	imperfect	robasse	robasses	robast	robissons, robissiens	robissoiz, robissez, robissiez	robassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	robe	—	robons	robez	—

Derived terms

• robeor

Descendants

• Middle French: rober, robber
  • ⇒ Middle French: desrober, dérober
    • French: dérober
• → Middle English: robben, robb, robbe, robbi, robby, robbyn, robyn, ruby
  • English: rob
  • Scots: rob