robot

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From both Czech robota meaning "drudgery" or "servitude" and from Slovak robota meaning "labour". First appeared in a translation of the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɹəʊbɒt/
  • rō'bət, /ˈrəʊbət/, /"r@Ubət/
  • rō'bŏt", /ˈrəʊˌbɒt/, /"r@U%bQt/
  •  Audio (US)help, file

[edit] Noun

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Singular
robot

Plural
robots

robot (plural robots)

  1. A mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
  2. An electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
  3. A machine which is anthropomorphic or zoomorphic in shape or scope of function.
  4. A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
    Being a robot, Jessica chose to wear a casual pair of shorts to the funeral and didn't even cry.
  5. (South Africa) Traffic lights.
  6. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
  7. A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

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[edit] Czech

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robot m.

  1. robot

[edit] Slovene

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robot m. (dual robota, plural roboti)

  1. robot

[edit] Spanish

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robot m. (plural robots)

Singular
robot m.

Plural
robots m.

  1. robot

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[edit] Swedish

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robot c.

  1. robot
  2. missile

[edit] Turkish

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robot

  1. robot

[edit] Declension

singular plural
nominative robot robotlar
accusative robotu robotları
dative robota robotlara
locative robotta robotlarda
ablative robottan robotlardan
genitive robotun robotların
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