robber

English

Etymology

From Middle English robber, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒ.bə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑbɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

1. A person who robs.

Hypernyms

• thief

Hyponyms

• graverobber
• bank robber
• mugger

Derived terms

• robber baron
• robber crab
• robber fly
• robber gull

 

Related terms

• rob
• robbery

 

Translations

one who robs

• Albanian: grabitës (sq) m, vjedhës (sq) m
• Arabic: سَارِق (ar) m (sāriq)
• Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
• Azerbaijani: soyğunçu (az)
• Belarusian: разбо́йнік m (razbójnik)
• Bengali: ডাকাত (ḍakat)
• Bulgarian: разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik)
• Burmese: ပြင်းဟုပ် (my) (prang:hup), ဓားပြ (my) (dha:pra.)
• Catalan: lladre (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強盜／强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 盜賊／盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi), 盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi)

• Czech: zloděj (cs) m, lupič (cs) m
• Danish: røver c
• Dutch: rover (nl) m
• Egyptian: (ꜥwꜣy)
• Esperanto: rabisto
• Estonian: röövel
• Finnish: ryöstäjä (fi), ryöväri (fi)
• French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
• Friulian: ladron m
• Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi)
• German: Räuber (de) m, Räuberin (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐍅𐌰 m (wilwa)
• Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís)

  Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs)

• Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד (he) m (shodéd)
• Hindi: डाकू (hi) m (ḍākū)
• Hungarian: rabló (hu)
• Icelandic: ræningi (is) m
• Indonesian: perampok (id), begal (id)
• Irish: ropaire m, robálaí m, gadaí (ga) m
• Italian: rapinatore (it) m, ladro (it) m, ladrone m
• Japanese: 盗賊 (とうぞく, tōzoku), 強盗 (ja) (ごうとう, gōtō)
• Kazakh: аламан (alaman), баукеспе (baukespe), жортуылшы (jortuylşy), қарақшы (qaraqşy), тонаушы (tonauşy)
• Khmer: ចោរ (km) (cao), លុម្បក (km) (lumbɑk)
• Korean: 강도 (ko) (gangdo)
• Kurdish: , , , , , , , ,
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• Kyrgyz: талоончу (ky) (talooncu), каракчы (ky) (karakcı)
• Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ລັກ (khon khī lak), ຄົນລັກຂອງ (khon lak khǭng), ໂຈນ (chōn)
• Latin: lātrō (la) m, lātrunculus m, latroncula
• Latvian: laupītājs m
• Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
• Macedonian: арамија f (aramija), разбојник m (razbojnik)
• Malay: perompak
• Manx: roosteyr m
• Meru: mwamba
• Mongolian: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremčin), хулгайч (mn) (xulgajč)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raner m, røver m

  Nynorsk: ranar m, røvar m

• Ojibwe: gimoodishkiiwinini, makandwewinini
• Persian: راهزن (fa) (râhzan)
• Plautdietsch: Reiba m
• Polish: złodziej (pl) m, rozbójnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
• Romanian: jefuitor (ro) m, tâlhar (ro) m
• Russian: граби́тель (ru) m (grabítelʹ), граби́тельница (ru) f (grabítelʹnica), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik), разбо́йница (ru) f (razbójnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m

  Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m

• Slovak: zlodej (sk) m, lupič m
• Slovene: ropar (sl) m, razbojnik m
• Spanish: ladrón (es) m, ladrona (es) f
• Swahili: mnyang'anyi (sw)
• Swedish: rånare (sv) c, rövare (sv) c
• Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan)
• Thai: โม่ง (môong), โจร (th) (joon)
• Turkish: soyguncu (tr)
• Turkmen: ogurlyk
• Ukrainian: розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk)
• Urdu: ڈاکو m (ḍākū)
• Uzbek: bosqinchi (uz), bosmachi (uz), qaroqchi (uz), talovchi (uz)
• Vietnamese: kẻ cướp (vi), ăn cướp (vi), cường đạo (vi)
• Welsh: lleidr (cy) m, lladron (cy) m pl

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• robbour, robbowre, robbere, robour, robbor, robbeour, roboure, rubbere

Etymology

Either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to robben +‎ -er. Alternative forms suggest that the term may have originally been directly taken from the Old French term, but then was later broken down into its equivalent Middle English parts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔbər/

Noun

robber (plural robberes)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: robber
• Scots: robber

References

• “robber(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French rober, see English rob for more information.

Verb

robber

1. (transitive) to pillage; to plunder
2. (transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of robber

infinitive	simple	robber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	robbant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		robbé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
	imperfect	robbois, robboys	robbois, robboys	robboit, robboyt	robbions, robbyons	robbiez, robbyez	robboient, robboyent
	past historic	robba	robbas	robba	robbasmes	robbastes	robberent
	future	robberai, robberay	robberas	robbera	robberons	robberez	robberont
	conditional	robberois, robberoys	robberois, robberoys	robberoit, robberoyt	robberions, robberyons	robberiez, robberyez	robberoient, robberoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
	imperfect	robbasse	robbasses	robbast	robbassions	robbassiez	robbassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	robbe	—	robbons	robbez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

robber

1. (deprecated template usage) present of robbe