robots

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English

Noun

robots

  1. plural of robot

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Catalan

Noun

robots

  1. plural of robot

Dutch

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Noun

robots

  1. plural of robot

French

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Noun

robots m

  1. plural of robot

Latvian

 robots on Latvian Wikipedia
Rūpniecības robots
Sadzīves robots

Etymology 1

From Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”). Coined 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 , and taken into other languages without change.

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Noun

robots m (1st declension)

  1. robot (machine built to carry out complex tasks, especially one which can be programmed)
    rūpniecības robots ― industrial robot
    pētniecības robots ― research robot
    sadzīves robots ― household robot
  2. (science fiction) robot (intelligent machine designed to look like a human being)
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Declension of robots (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative robots roboti
genitive robota robotu
dative robotam robotiem
accusative robotu robotus
instrumental robotu robotiem
locative robotā robotos
vocative robot roboti

Etymology 2

Past participle of the verb robot (“to notch, to jag”), from robs (“cog, jag, gap”).

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Adjective

robots (definite robotais, comparative robotāks, superlative visrobotākais, adverb roboti)

  1. jagged, notched, indented; having gaps, unevenness
    robotas lapas ― serrated leaves
    robotas kalnu galotnes ― jagged mountain tops
Declension
Indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of robots
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular plural singular plural
nominative robots roboti robota robotas
genitive robota robotu robotas robotu
dative robotam robotiem robotai robotām
accusative robotu robotus robotu robotas
instrumental robotu robotiem robotu robotām
locative robotā robotos robotā robotās
vocative — — — —
Definite declension (noteiktā galotne) of robots
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
singular plural singular plural
nominative robotais robotie robotā robotās
genitive robotā roboto robotās roboto
dative robotajam robotajiem robotajai robotajām
accusative roboto robotos roboto robotās
instrumental roboto robotajiem roboto robotajām
locative robotajā robotajos robotajā robotajās
vocative roboto, robotais robotie roboto, robotā robotās

Portuguese

Noun

robots

  1. plural of robot

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roˈbots/
  • Rhymes: -ots
  • Syllabification: ro‧bots

Noun

robots m pl

  1. plural of robot

Swedish

Noun

robots

  1. indefinite genitive singular of robot
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