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robot

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French robot, borrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”), from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota. By surface analysis, robiti + -ota. Doublet of robotă.

noun roboți · robot · robotul · roboții

masculine robot

In English

robot intelligent mechanical being

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"robot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/robot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

robot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/robot

Chicago

"robot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/robot.

BibTeX

@misc{robot_2026,
  title = {robot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/robot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}