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)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- robber baron
- robber crab
- robber fly
- robber gull
Translations
one who robs
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Middle English
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/
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.
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 | |||||
| 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 |
| imperfect | robbasse | robbasses | robbast | robbassions | robbassiez | robbassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | robbe | — | robbons | robbez | — | ||
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