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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined in the 1920 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel ?apek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef, and taken into English without change.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r??b?t
• (UK) IPA^(key): /????b?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?b?t/
  • (rare, antiquated) enPR: r??b?t, IPA^(key): /??o?b?t/

Noun

robot (plural robots)

1. A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:robot

   Hypernym: automaton

   Hyponym: android
2. (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
3. (figuratively) A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
4. (South Africa) A traffic light (from earlier robot policeman).
5. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
6. (dance) A style of dance popular in disco in which the dancer imitates the stiff movements of a stereotypical android robot.

Hyponyms

• swarm robot

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Korean: ?? (robot)

Translations

See also

• artificial intelligence
• computer
• cyborg
• domotics
• pedipulator
• robot revolution

Further reading

• robot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “robot”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “robot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• boort, torob

References

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r???.b?t/

Noun

robot (plural robotte)

1. robot
2. traffic light
   • 1997, Riana Scheepers, Dogters van Afrika. Verhale oor Suid-Afrikaanse Vroue, Tafelberg (publ.).

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ro.bot/

Noun

robot anim

1. robot

Declension

Further reading

• “robot” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “robot” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

1. robot

Related terms

• robòtica

Cebuano

Etymology

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 ?apek after having been suggested to him by his brother Josef.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro?bot

Noun

robot

1. a machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed
2. an intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal
3. (figuratively) a person who does not seem to have any emotions
4. a style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

Czech

Etymology

From robota. Coined by Josef ?apek, it first appeared in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. by his brother Karel ?apek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?robot]

Noun

robot m

1. robot

Declension

Related terms

• robotika f
• robotický
• robota f
• robit
• rob m

Further reading

• robot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• robot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?o?b?d]

Noun

robot c (singular definite robotten, plural indefinite robotter)

1. robot

References

• “robot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed, likely from German Robot, from Czech robot. The plural is likely influenced by English or French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro?.b?t/
• Hyphenation: ro?bot

Noun

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

1. robot [from 1921]

   Synonym: kunstmens

Derived terms

• robotarm
• robotauto
• robotvliegtuig

Related terms

• arbeid
• bot
• robotica
• robotisch

Anagrams

• boort

French

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.bo/

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

1. robot

Derived terms

• robot boulanger

Further reading

• “robot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?robot]
• Hyphenation: ro?bot
• Rhymes: -ot

Etymology 1

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

Noun

robot (plural robotok)

1. (historical) socage, forced labour
2. (figuratively) hard work, drudgery

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Czech robot, from robota (“forced labour, drudgery”). Coined in the 1921 science-fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel ?apek.

Noun

robot (plural robotok)

1. robot

Declension

Same as above.

Derived terms

Further reading

• (socage; drudgery): robot in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Czech robot

Noun

robot m (invariable)

1. robot
2. (computing) bot

Derived terms

• robot da cucina

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o?.b?t/
• Hyphenation: ro?bot

Noun

robot (plural: robot dem, quantified: robot)

1. An illegal taxi.

See also

• route taxi

Latvian

Verb

robot (tr., 2nd conj., pres. roboju, robo, robo, past roboju)

1. to notch
2. to jag
3. to make an incision (on)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• grubu?ot
• izrobot

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Czech robota

Noun

robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural roboter, definite plural robotene)

1. a robot

References

• “robot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Czech robota

Noun

robot m (definite singular roboten, indefinite plural robotar, definite plural robotane)

1. a robot

References

• “robot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.b?t/

Noun

robot m inan

1. robot

Declension

Derived terms

• (noun) robotyka

Further reading

• robot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

1. Alternative form of robô

Romanian

Etymology

From French robot, from Czech robot.

Noun

robot m (plural robo?i)

1. robot

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rôbot/
• Hyphenation: ro?bot

Noun

r?bot m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. robot

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Czech robot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?bó?t/

Noun

rob??t m anim

1. robot

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From English robot, from Czech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?bot/, [ro???ot?]

Noun

robot m (plural robots)

1. robot

Derived terms

• retrato robot
• robot de cocina

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

robot c

1. robot
2. missile

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From Czech robot via French or English.

Noun

robot (definite accusative robotu, plural robotlar)

1. robot [from 1933]

Declension

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “robot”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük

English

Etymology

nano- +? robot

Noun

nanorobot (plural nanorobots)

1. a nanoscale robot

Synonyms

• nanobot

Derived terms

• nanorobotics

Danish

Etymology

nano- +? robot

Noun

nanorobot

1. nanorobot

Declension

Synonyms

• nanobot