robe

Etymology

From Middle English robe, roobe, 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 *Hrewp- (“to tear, peel”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊb/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊb/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

robe (plural robes)

1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     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.
3. A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
4. The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To clothe; to dress.
2. (intransitive) To put on official vestments.

Anagrams

• Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, bore

Verb

robe

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

robe m

1. vocative singular of rob

Anagrams

• bore, oreb

Etymology

From French robe.

Pronunciation

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Noun

robe f (plural roben or robes, diminutive robetje n)

1. gown, robe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔb/

• Audio:

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Noun

robe f (plural robes)

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

   Ce cheval a une robe isabelle.

   This horse has a dun coat.

3. wine's colour

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.

Further reading

• “robe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bore, orbe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.be/
• Rhymes: -ɔbe
• Hyphenation: rò‧be

Noun

robe f

1. plural of roba

Anagrams

• ebro, orbe

Alternative forms

• roobe, rob, robbe

Etymology

From Old French robe, from Frankish *rouba, *rauba, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą. Doublet of reif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

Noun

robe (plural robes)

1. robe (long loose garment):
   1. A robe as a symbol of rank or office.
   2. A robe as a spoil or booty of war; a robe given as a gift.
2. (as a plural) The garments an individual is wearing.

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

   Synonym: fro

2. (Jersey) robe

Alternative forms

• robbe, reube

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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

1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
2. piece of clothing
   • c. 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 of.