disrobe

English

Etymology

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹəʊb/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹoʊb/
Rhymes: -əʊb

Verb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

(transitive) to undress someone or something
(intransitive) to undress oneself
- 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, "'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious" in The Daily Press
  It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

Synonyms

(transitive) dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress
(intransitive) strip, get undressed

Translations

undress someone or something

Bulgarian: събличам (bg) (sǎbličam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: ontkleden (nl), uitkleden (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: riisua (fi)
French: déshabiller (fr), dévêtir (fr)
German: entkleiden (de)
Italian: spogliare (it), svestire (it)

Manx: neuchoamree
Maori: whakahahake
Polish: rozbierać (pl)
Quechua: q'aray
Romanian: dezbrăca (ro)
Russian: раздевать(ся) (ru) (razdevatʹ(sja))
Spanish: desvestirse (es)
Swedish: klä av (sv)

undress oneself

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: riisuuntua (fi)

Khmer: ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʾaaw)
Maori: marere
Swedish: klä av sig (sv)

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

beroids, boreids, borides, brodies

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