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Definitions and meaning of rob

rob

Translingual

Symbol

rob

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tae'.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Tae' terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɔb/, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
  • (UK) enPR: rŏb, IPA(key): /ɹɒb/
  • Rhymes: -ɒb
  • (US) enPR: räb, IPA(key): /ɹɑb/

Etymology 1

From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.

Verb

rob (third-person singular simple present robs, present participle robbing, simple past and past participle robbed)

  1. (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
  2. (transitive) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
  3. (transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
  4. (transitive, slang) To burgle.
  5. (transitive, UK, slang) To steal.
  6. (intransitive) To commit robbery.
  7. (sports) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
Derived terms
Related terms
  • reave, bereave
  • rip
  • rubble, rubbish
Translations

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin rob, from Arabic ربّ (“thickened fruit juice”). Compare French rob, Spanish rob, Italian rob, robbo, Portuguese robe, arrobe, Persian ربودن (present stem: robâ).

Alternative forms

  • rhob, rohob

Noun

rob (uncountable)

  1. A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes. [from 15th c.]
    • 1772, James Cook, The Journals, Second Voyage, 20 December:
      Also began to make wort from the malt and give it to such people as had symptoms of the scurvy; one of them indeed is highly scorbutick altho he has been taking of the rob for some time past without finding himself benefited therefrom […] .

Anagrams

  • BOR, Bor, Bor., ORB, bor, bro, bro., orb

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *roob- ~ *roop-. Cognates include Iraqw tluuw, Somali róob, Oromo rooba and Saho rob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrob/ [ˈɾɔb]
  • Hyphenation: rob

Noun

rób m 

  1. rain

Declension

References

  • Loren F. Bliese (1981) A Generative Grammar of Afar‎[1], Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington (doctoral thesis)., page 5
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “rob”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 171

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch rob.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔp]

Noun

rob (plural robbe)

  1. seal (pinniped)

Synonyms

  • (seal): seehond

Albanian

Etymology

From a South Slavic language; compare Serbo-Croatian rob, Macedonian роб (rob), Bulgarian роб (rob), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾɔb]
  • IPA(key): [ɹɔˑb] (Gheg)

Noun

rob m (plural robër, definite robi, definite plural robërit)

  1. (historical) slave
  2. (historical) serf
  3. prisoner of war
  4. (figurative, derogatory) servant

rob m (plural rob, definite robi, definite plural robtë)

  1. person, family member

Synonyms

  • skllav, shërbëtor

Derived terms

  • robëri, robëreshë, robinjë, robëroj, robi

References

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • rop

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”). Compare Daco-Romanian rob.

Noun

rob m (plural roghi, feminine equivalent roabã)

  1. slave

Synonyms

  • sclav

Derived terms

  • rubuescu

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrop]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Homophone: rop

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- (“orphan, child slave or servant”). Compare English robot and Serbo-Croatian rob.

Noun

rob m anim

  1. (obsolete) slave, serf
    Synonyms: nevolník, otrok, rab
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robit

References

Further reading

  • “rob”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “rob”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

  • bor
  • obr

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔp/
  • Hyphenation: rob
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

Uncertain; compare English rabbit. Or, possibly related to Latvian rups (“coarse, rough”), referring to the whiskers. Also compared is the personal name Robbe. Has also compared to English rub, referring to seals' movements, but this is unlikely.

Noun

rob m (plural robben, diminutive robbetje n)

  1. seal, any member of the family Phocidae
    Synonym: zeehond (more common)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: rob

Etymology 2

Uncertain; compare English rabbit, as well as English rub, referring to the fur. Or, from Proto-West Germanic *reufan (“to tear”), hinted by the animals' digging of tunnels.

Noun

rob f (plural robben, diminutive robbeken n)

  1. (Belgium) rabbit
    Synonym: konijn
Alternative forms
  • robbe

Further reading

  • van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rob1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute (seal)
  • van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “rob5”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute (rabbit)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦫꦺꦴꦧ꧀ (rob, “to rise”), from Old Javanese rob, rwab (“high tide, high water”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Ruab, from Proto-Austronesian *Ruab. Doublet of luap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɔp̚]
  • Hyphenation: rob

Noun

rob (plural rob-rob)

  1. coastal flooding due to high tide

Further reading

  • “rob” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

rob

  1. alternative form of robe

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Syllabification: rob

Noun

rob f

  1. genitive plural of roba

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic робъ (robŭ), from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of orb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rob/
  • Rhymes: -ob

Noun

rob m (plural robi, feminine equivalent roabă)

  1. slave
    Synonym: sclav

Declension

Derived terms

  • robie
  • robi
  • dezrobi

See also

  • șerb

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From West Slavic dialects, from Proto-Slavic *orbъ (“slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Compare English robot and Russian рабо́та (rabóta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rôb/

Noun

rȍb m (Cyrillic spelling ро̏б)

  1. slave

Declension

References

  • “rob”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [rɔp]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *õrbъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos (“orphan”). Doublet of rab, a borrowed form.

Noun

rob m pers

  1. (dialectal) slave
    Synonyms: otrok, nevoľník, (literary) rab
Declension

References

  • Kálal, Miroslav (1924) Slovenský slovník z literatúry aj nárečí, Banská Bystrica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rob

  1. second-person singular imperative of robiť

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /róːp/

Noun

rọ̑b m inan

  1. border, edge
    Synonym: kónec

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /róːp/

Noun

rọ̑b m anim

  1. (obsolete) slave
    Synonym: súženj

Further reading

  • “rob”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Etymology

See arrope.

Noun

rob m (plural robes)

  1. fruit syrup

Related terms

Further reading

  • “rob”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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