robber

English

Etymology

From Middle English robber, either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to rob +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒ.bə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑbɚ/
Rhymes: -ɒbə(ɹ)

Noun

robber (plural robbers)

A person who robs.

Hypernyms

thief

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

rob
robbery

Translations

one who robs

Albanian: grabitës (sq) m, vjedhës (sq) m
Arabic: سَارِق‎ (ar) m (sāriq)
Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak)
Azerbaijani: soyğunçu (az)
Belarusian: разбо́йнік m (razbójnik)
Bengali: ডাকাত (ḍakat)
Bulgarian: разбо́йник (bg) m (razbójnik)
Burmese: ပြင်းဟုပ် (my) (prang:hup), ဓားပြ (my) (dha:pra.)
Catalan: lladre (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 強盜 (zh), 强盗 (zh) (qiángdào), 盜賊 (zh), 盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi)
Czech: zloděj (cs) m, lupič (cs) m
Danish: røver c
Dutch: rover (nl) m
Esperanto: rabisto
Estonian: röövel
Finnish: ryöstäjä (fi), ryöväri (fi)
French: brigand (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
Friulian: ladron m
Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi)
German: Räuber (de) m, Räuberin (de) f
Greek: ληστής (el) m (listís)
Ancient: λῃστής m (lēistḗs)
Hebrew: שׁוֹדֵד‎ (he) m (shodéd)
Hindi: डाकू (hi) m (ḍākū)
Hungarian: rabló (hu)
Icelandic: ræningi (is) m
Indonesian: perampok (id), begal (id)
Irish: ropaire m, robálaí m, gadaí (ga) m
Italian: rapinatore (it) m, ladro (it) m, ladrone m
Japanese: 盗賊 (とうぞく, tōzoku), 強盗 (ja) (ごうとう, gōtō)
Kazakh: аламан (alaman), баукеспе (bawkespe), жортуылшы (jortwılşı), қарақшы (qaraqşı), тонаушы (tonawşı)
Khmer: ចោរ (km) (cao), លុម្បក (km) (lupaʾkaʾ)
Korean: 강도 (ko) (gangdo)
Kurdish: talanker (ku), şelîner (ku), rêbirr (ku), korsan (ku), eşqiya (ku), heydûd (ku), nijdevan (ku), çete (ku), rêgir (ku)
Kyrgyz: талоончу (ky) (taloonçu), каракчы (ky) (karakçı)

Lao: ຄົນຂີ້ລັກ (khon khī lak), ຄົນລັກຂອງ (khon lak khǭng), ໂຈນ (chōn)
Latin: lātrō (la) m, lātrunculus m, latroncula
Latvian: laupītājs m
Lithuanian: plėšikas (lt) m
Macedonian: арамија f (aramija), разбојник m (razbojnik)
Malay: perompak
Manx: roosteyr m
Meru: mwamba
Mongolian: дээрэмчин (mn) (deeremčin), хулгайч (mn) (hulgajč)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: raner m, røver m

Nynorsk: ranar m, røvar m
Ojibwe: gimoodishkiiwinini, makandwewinini
Persian: راهزن‎ (fa) (râhzan)
Plautdietsch: Reiba m
Polish: złodziej (pl) m, rozbójnik (pl) m
Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
Romanian: jefuitor (ro) m, tâlhar (ro) m
Russian: граби́тель (ru) m (grabítelʹ), граби́тельница (ru) f (grabítelʹnica), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik), разбо́йница (ru) f (razbójnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m

Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m
Slovak: zlodej (sk) m, lupič m
Slovene: ropar (sl) m, razbojnik m
Spanish: ladrón (es) m, ladrona (es) f
Swahili: mnyang'anyi (sw)
Swedish: rånare (sv) c, rövare (sv) c
Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan)
Thai: โม่ง (môong), โจร (th) (joon)
Turkish: soyguncu (tr)
Turkmen: ogurlyk
Ukrainian: розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk)
Urdu: ڈاکو‎ m (ḍākū)
Uzbek: bosqinchi (uz), bosmachi (uz), qaroqchi (uz), talovchi (uz)
Vietnamese: kẻ cướp (vi), ăn cướp (vi), cường đạo (vi)
Welsh: lleidr (cy) m, lladron (cy) m pl

Middle English

Alternative forms

robbour, robbowre, robbere, robour, robbor, robbeour, roboure, rubbere

Etymology

Either directly taken from or from a calque of Old French robeor. Equivalent to robben +‎ -er. Alternative forms suggest that the term may have originally been directly taken from the Old French term, but then was later broken down into its equivalent Middle English parts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɔbər/

Noun

robber (plural robberes)

A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
A reaver or looter.

Descendants

English: robber
Scots: robber

References

“robber(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rober, see English rob for more information.

Verb

robber

(transitive) to pillage; to plunder
(transitive) to steal; to pinch

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of robber

		simple			compound
infinitive		robber			avoir robbé
gerund		en robbant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		robbant
past participle		robbé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
	imperfect	robbois, robboys	robbois, robboys	robboit, robboyt	robbions, robbyons	robbiez, robbyez	robboient, robboyent
	past historic	robba	robbas	robba	robbasmes	robbastes	robberent
	future	robberai, robberay	robberas	robbera	robberons	robberez	robberont
	conditional	robberois, robberoys	robberois, robberoys	robberoit, robberoyt	robberions, robberyons	robberiez, robberyez	robberoient, robberoyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	robbe	robbes	robbe	robbons	robbez	robbent
simple tenses	imperfect	robbasse	robbasses	robbast	robbassions	robbassiez	robbassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	robbe	—	robbons	robbez	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

robber

present of robbe

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