German

Noun

Robe f ‎(genitive Robe, plural Roben)

1. (literary) a long, formal dress worn only on special occasions
2. (uncommon) a judicial or academic robe

Declension

Synonyms

• (formal dress worn on special occasions): Abendkleid, Abendmantel, Abendrobe, Ballkleid, Festkleid, Festrobe, Festgewand, Galarobe
• (judicial or academic clothing): Talar

English

A judge in judicial robes

Noun

robe ‎(plural robes)

1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
   • Shakespeare

     Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; / Robes and furred gowns hide all.

2. (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.

Translations

Verb

robe ‎(third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

1. To clothe someone in a robe.

Derived terms

• berobed

Anagrams

• Boer, bore, Ebro

Asturian

Verb

robe

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of robar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of robar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrobɛ/
• Rhymes: -obɛ
• Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m

1. vocative singular of rob

Anagrams

• bore
• oreb

French

Etymology

Old French, from Proto-Germanic *raubō ‎(“booty”), later "stolen clothing".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔb/

Noun

robe f ‎(plural robes)

1. dress, frock
2. fur, coat (of an animal)

   Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.

3. wine's colour

Hypernyms

• habit
• vêtement

See also

• Les couleurs de la robe d'un cheval /The colors of horses' hair/ : alezan, aubère, bai, blanc, crème, gris, isabelle, noir, palomino, pie, rouan, souris.

Anagrams

• bore, orbe

Italian

Noun

robe f

1. plural of roba

Anagrams

• orbe

Norman

Etymology

From Old French robe, robbe, reube ‎(“booty, spoils of war; robe, garment”), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba ‎(“booty, spoils, stolen clothes”, literally “things taken”), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą ‎(“booty, that which is stripped or carried away”), from Proto-Indo-European *reup- ‎(“to tear, peel”).

Noun

robe f ‎(plural robes)

1. (Jersey) dress
2. (Jersey) robe

Synonyms

• (dress): fro

Old French

Noun

robe f ‎(oblique plural robes, nominative singular robe, nominative plural robes)

1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
2. piece of clothing
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     [D]onez li [d]e voz robes que vos avez
     La mellor que vos i savez.

     Give her the clothes that you have

     The best that you know if.

Related terms

• robeor
• rober

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (robe)

Spanish

Verb

robe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of robar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of robar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of robar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of robar.