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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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 English without change.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot (plural robots)
- A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.
- 2010 May 16, Tim Webb, The Guardian:
- 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.
- (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
- 2010 January 26, Tom Chivers and Iain McDiarmid, The Telegraph:
- 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.
- (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
- 2006, Murray N. Rothbard, Making Economic Sense, page xiv:
- Yet surely he was a humorless robot of a man, spewing forth lonely and bitter critiques of all those lesser mortals with whom he could not identify.
- (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
- (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
- A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot
Synonyms[edit]
- See Thesaurus:robot
Hypernyms[edit]
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
intelligent mechanical being
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person who does not seem to have any emotions
machine to perform complex tasks
traffic light — see traffic light
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “robot” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “robot” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (plural robots)
Related terms[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English robot, 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ro‧bot
Noun[edit]
robot
- a machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed
- an intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal
- (figuratively) a person who does not seem to have any emotions
- a style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
robot m
Declension[edit]
Declension
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- robot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- robot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
robot m (plural robots or robotten, diminutive robotje n)
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (plural robots)
Further reading[edit]
- “robot” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Bavarian robat, robold, from Czech robota (“forced labour, drudgery”).
Noun[edit]
robot (plural robotok)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | robot | robotok |
| accusative | robotot | robotokat |
| dative | robotnak | robotoknak |
| instrumental | robottal | robotokkal |
| causal-final | robotért | robotokért |
| translative | robottá | robotokká |
| terminative | robotig | robotokig |
| essive-formal | robotként | robotokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | robotban | robotokban |
| superessive | roboton | robotokon |
| adessive | robotnál | robotoknál |
| illative | robotba | robotokba |
| sublative | robotra | robotokra |
| allative | robothoz | robotokhoz |
| elative | robotból | robotokból |
| delative | robotról | robotokról |
| ablative | robottól | robotoktól |
| Possessive forms of robot | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | robotom | robotjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | robotod | robotjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | robotja | robotjai |
| 1st person plural | robotunk | robotjaink |
| 2nd person plural | robototok | robotjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | robotjuk | robotjaik |
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
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.
Noun[edit]
robot (plural robotok)
Declension[edit]
Same as above.
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (invariable)
Derived terms[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Verb[edit]
robot tr., 2nd conj., pres. roboju, robo, robo, past roboju
- to notch
- to jag
- to make an incision (on)
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of robot
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | roboju | roboju | robošu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | robo | roboji | robosi | robo |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | robo | roboja | robos | lai robo |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | robojam | robojām | robosim | robosim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | robojat | robojāt | robosiet, robosit |
robojiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | robo | roboja | robos | lai robo |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | robojot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | robojošs | ||
| Past | esot robojis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | robodams | ||
| Future | robošot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | robojot | ||
| Imperative | lai robojot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | robojam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | robojis | |||
| Present | robotu | Present Passive | robojams | ||
| Past | būtu robojis | Past Passive | robots | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jārobo | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | robot | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jārobo | Negative Infinitive | nerobot | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jārobojot | Verbal noun | robošana | ||
Synonyms[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural roboter, definite plural robotene)
- a robot
References[edit]
- “robot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural robotar, definite plural robotane)
- a robot
References[edit]
- “robot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m inan
Declension[edit]
declension of robot
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot m (plural robots)
- Alternative form of robô
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rȍbot m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏бот)
Declension[edit]
Declension of robot
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /rɔˈbóːt/
- Tonal orthography: robọ̑t
Noun[edit]
robót m anim (genitive robóta, nominative plural robóti)
Declension[edit]
Declension of robót (masculine anim., hard o-stem)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English robot, from Czech.
Noun[edit]
robot m (plural robots)
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot c
Declension[edit]
| Declension of robot | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | robot | roboten | robotar | robotarna |
| Genitive | robots | robotens | robotars | robotarnas |
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
robot (definite accusative robotu, plural robotlar)
Declension[edit]
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