róba

See also: roba, robá, robà, robā, robă, robą, róbà, and rōba

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Robe, from French robe, from Frankish *rauba. It seems also related to German Raub (plunder, loot), so it originally probably meant "seized clothes".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroːba]
  • Hyphenation: ró‧ba
  • Rhymes: -oːba

Noun

róba f

  1. female evening dress, evening gown

Declension

References

  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “róba”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 596

Further reading

  • róba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • róba in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old French robe, robbe, reube (booty, spoils of war, robe, garment) (possibly via English robe), 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 *rewp- (to tear, peel).

Noun

róba m (genitive singular róba, nominative plural róbaí)

  1. gown, robe
    Synonym: gúna

Declension

Derived terms

  • róba a chur ar, róbáil (robe, verb)
  • róba folctha (bathrobe)

References

Further reading

  • Entries containing “róba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “róba” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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