robô

See also: robo, robos, robó, róbo, rõbõ, röbö, and robo-

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • robot (unadapted spelling)

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-os
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas
    Proto-Slavic *orbъ
    Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
    Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
    Proto-Slavic *-iti
    Proto-Slavic *orbiti
    Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ
    Proto-Slavic *-ota
    Proto-Slavic *orbota
    Old Czech robota
    Czech robota
    Czech robotbor.
    French robotbor.
    Portuguese robô

    Borrowed from French robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”), from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɔˈbo/ [ʁɔˈβo]

    • Rhymes: -o
    • Hyphenation: ro‧bô
    • Homophone: (monophthong) roubou

    Noun

    robô m (plural robôs)

    1. robot
      Synonym: autômato

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