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From Czech robot, from robota (drudgery, servitude). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef [1], and taken into the English translation without change.

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  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɹəʊbɒt/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɹoʊbɑt/, /ˈɹoʊbət/
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robot (plural robots)

  1. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
    • 2010, Tom Chivers and Iain McDiarmid, The Telegraph, 26 Jan 2010:
      The robots in Dick's novel, loosely adapted by Ridley Scott into the film Blade Runner, were so similar to humans that when they went rogue, trained bounty hunters were called in to perform psychological tests to see whether suspected androids lacked human empathy.
  2. (figuratively) 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.
  3. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks, especially one which can be programmed.
    • 2010, Tim Webb, The Guardian, 16 May 2010:
      It's painfully slow and complex work which has never been attempted before in these conditions: the small box-shaped robots, equipped with two claws, are operating in almost freezing water 5,000ft below the surface, in pitch black and strong currents.
  4. (South Africa) A traffic light.
  5. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
  6. A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

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From Czech robot.

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robot m. (plural robots)

  1. robot

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[edit] Czech

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From both the Czech and the Slovak robota. First appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.

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robot m.

  1. robot

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robot m. (plural robots or robotten, diminutive robotje)

  1. robot

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From Czech.

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robot m. (plural robots)

  1. robot

[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈrobot/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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From Bavarian robat, robold, from Czech robota (forced labour, drudgery).

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robot (plural robotok)

  1. (historical) socage, forced labour
  2. (figuratively) hard work, drudgery
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From Czech robot, from robota (forced labour, drudgery). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek.

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robot (plural robotok)

  1. robot
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Same as above.

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robot m. inv.

  1. robot
  2. (computing) bot

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From Czech robot

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  • IPA: /ˈrɔbɔt̪/

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robot m.

  1. robot

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  • IPA: /rôbot/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧bot

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rȍbot m. (Cyrillic spelling ро̏бот)

  1. robot

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robot m. (dual robota, plural roboti)

  1. robot

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robot m. (plural robots)

  1. robot

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robot c.

  1. robot
  2. cruise missile

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From French robot.

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robot

  1. robot

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