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Definition of 'robe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) robe
a long, loose or flowing garment worn as ceremonial or official dress.

2.  robe
any loose informal garment, as a bathrobe.

3.  robe
a woman's gown or dress, esp. of an elaborate kind.

4.  robe
robes, apparel; dress; costume.

5.  robe
a piece of fur, knitted work, etc., used as a blanket or wrap.

6. (v.t.) robe
to clothe or invest with a robe or robes; dress; array.

7. (v.i.) robe
to put on a robe or robes.

Etymology:  (1225–75; ME < OF: orig., spoil, booty < Gmc (akin to rob ))

Definition of 'robe' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) robe
any loose flowing garment

2. (verb) gown, robe
outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

3. (verb) vest, robe
clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

4. (verb) clothe, cloak, drape, robe
cover as if with clothing
"the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"


Definition of 'robe' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) robe
a bathrobe
She put on her robe.

2.  robe
a long piece of clothing worn by priests, judges, etc.
a judge's black robe


Definition of 'robe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) robe
an outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like

2. (verb) robe
a skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap

3. (verb) robe
to invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green


Translation of 'robe' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (often in plural) a long, loose piece of clothing
Many Arabs still wear robes; a baby's christening-robe.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rok Arabic flag Arabic: رِداء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: роба
Brazilian flag Brazilian: manto Czech flag Czech: róba, kaftan, dlouhé šaty German flag German: langes Gewand
Danish flag Danish: dragt; -dragt; kjole; -kj Greek flag Greek: ρόμπα, κελεμπία (πληθ.) Spanish flag Spanish: manto
Estonian flag Estonian: rüü, pikk kleit Farsi flag Farsi: لباس بلند و گشاد؛ ردا Finnish flag Finnish: viitta
French flag French: robe Hebrew flag Hebrew: חָלוּק Hindi flag Hindi: वस्त्र
Croatian flag Croatian: haljina, talar Hungarian flag Hungarian: köntös Indonesian flag Indonesian: jubah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kyrtill, skikkja, hempa, Italian flag Italian: (veste lunga e ampia) Japanese flag Japanese: ゆったりした外衣
Korean flag Korean: 길고 헐거운 겉옷 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ilgas platus drabužis Latvian flag Latvian: garš, brīvs ietērps
Malay flag Malay: gaun Dutch flag Dutch: gewaad Norwegian flag Norwegian: lang kåpe/kjole/drakt
Polish flag Polish: kaftan, długa szata Persian flag Persian: لباس بلند و گشاد؛ ردا Pashto flag Pashto: پراخ اواوږدی جامی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: manto Romanian flag Romanian: robă Russian flag Russian: широкая одежда
Slovak flag Slovak: kaftan, dlhé šaty Slovenian flag Slovenian: halja, obleka Serbian flag Serbian: odora
Swedish flag Swedish: [dop]klänning Thai flag Thai: เสื้อคลุมยาว Turkish flag Turkish: cübbe, kaftan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 長袍 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сукня, плаття Urdu flag Urdu: قبا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: áo choàng Chinese flag Chinese: 长袍,罩衣

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