robot
common nouncommon noun
Syllable Decomposition
robot(1924) from Czech robot derived from robota ("work, task, forced labor"). The word was introduced in 1920 by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in the play Rossum's Universal Robots, first performed in 1921. Although Karel Čapek is often considered the inventor of the word, he himself designated his brother Josef, a painter and writer, as the actual inventor.
Definitions
Synonyms
androïdeautomate
Plural
robots
Hyperonym
Hyponyms
rotolactorandroïde
Translations
german:Roboter
english:robot
arabic:روبوت
chinese:机器人
korean:로봇
danish:robot
spanish:robot
finnish:robotti
greek:ρομπότ
hebrew:רובוט
italian:chaise
japanese:ロボット
dutch:robot
polish:robot
portuguese:robot
russian:робот
swedish:robot
thai:หุ่นยนต์
turkish:robot
ukrainian:робот
See also
enrobement (cn.) rober (v.) robe (cn.) robotisme (cn.) robotiste (cn.) enrober (v.) robeuse (cn.) enrobé (adj.) robage (cn.) enrobage (cn.)