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robots

robots

English

Noun

robots

  1. plural of robot

French

Noun

robots m

  1. plural of robot

Latvian

Rūpniecības robots
Sadzīves robots

Etymology 1

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 , and taken into other languages without change.

Noun

robots m (1st declension)

  1. robot (machine built to carry out complex tasks, especially one which can be programmed)
    rūpniecības robots ― industrial robot
    pētniecības robots ― research robot
    sadzīves robots ― household robot
  2. (science fiction) robot (intelligent machine designed to look like a human being)
Declension

Etymology 2

Past participle of the verb robot (to notch, to jag), from robs (cog, jag, gap).

Adjective

robots (def. robotais, comp. robotāks, sup. visrobotākais; adv. roboti)

  1. jagged, notched, indented; having gaps, unevenness
    robotas lapasserrated leaves
    robotas kalnu galotnesjagged mountain tops
Declension

Spanish

Noun

robots m pl

  1. plural of robot