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English

Etymology

From both Czech robota (“‘drudgery, servitude’”) and Slovak robota (“‘labour’”). First appeared 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 [1], and taken into the English translation without change.

Pronunciation

Noun

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Singular robot

Plural robots

robot (plural robots)

  1. A mechanical or virtual, artificial agent.
  2. An electro-mechanical system, which, by its appearance or movements, conveys a sense that it has intent or agency of its own.
  3. A machine which is anthropomorphic or zoomorphic in shape or scope of function.
  4. A person who does not seem to have any emotions.
    Being a robot, Jessica chose to wear a casual pair of shorts to the funeral and didn't even cry.
  5. (South African) Traffic lights.
  6. (surveying) A theodolite which follows the movements of a prism and can be used by a one-man crew.
  7. A style of dance popular in disco whereby the dancer impersonates the movement of a robot

Derived terms

See also

Czech

Noun

robot m.

  1. robot

Dutch

Noun

robot m. (plural robots or robotten, diminutive robotje, diminutive plural robotjes)

  1. robot

French

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Czech.

Noun

robot m. (plural robots)

  1. robot

Italian

Noun

robot m. inv.

  1. robot
  2. (computing) bot

Polish

Etymology

From Czech robot

Pronunciation

Noun

robot m.

  1. robot

Declension

Singular Plural
Nominative robot roboty
Genitive robota robotów
Dative robotowi robotom
Accusative robota roboty
Instrumental robotem robotami
Locative robocie robotach
Vocative robocie roboty

Slovene

Noun

robot m. (dual robota, plural roboti)

  1. robot

Spanish

Noun

robot m. (plural robots)

Singular robot m.

Plural robots m.
  1. robot

Related terms

Swedish

Noun

robot c.

  1. robot
  2. cruise missile

Turkish

Noun

robot

  1. robot

Declension

declension of robot
singular plural
nominative robot robotlar
accusative robotu robotları
dative robota robotlara
locative robotta robotlarda
ablative robottan robotlardan
genitive robotun robotların

 

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