robots

English

Noun

robots

plural of robot

Anagrams

Botros, boorts

Catalan

Noun

robots

plural of robot

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

robots

plural of robot

French

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Noun

robots m

plural of robot

Latvian

robots on Latvian Wikipedia

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 [1], and taken into other languages without change.

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Noun

robots m (1st declension)

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
(science fiction) robot (intelligent machine designed to look like a human being)

Declension

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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)

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 (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	robots	roboti	robota	robotas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	robota	robotu	robotas	robotu
dative (datīvs)	robotam	robotiem	robotai	robotām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	robotu	robotus	robotu	robotas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	robotu	robotiem	robotu	robotām
locative (lokatīvs)	robotā	robotos	robotā	robotās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—

Portuguese

Noun

robots

plural of robot

Spanish

Noun

robots m pl

plural of robot

Swedish

Noun

robots

indefinite genitive singular of robot