Noun: robot
| Singular | robot |
| Plural | robots |
Sample Sentences
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“I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!” [1849, Littell's Living Age, volume 23, page 309:]
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Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome. [2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 159:]
Nouns inflected like robot
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below. See: German Nouns '
Robot'.
Verbs referencing "robot"
Czech Nouns
rob, German Nouns
Roboter, Icelandic Nouns
róbot.