rober
See also: røber
English
Etymology
Noun
rober (plural robers)
- (rare) One who robes.
- 1996, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland (volume 41, page 442)
- […] the rober had assisted him into his new robes as Lord President […]
- 1996, The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland (volume 41, page 442)
French
Etymology
From robe (“robe, dress”) + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
rober
Conjugation
Conjugation of rober (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rober | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | robant /ʁɔ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | robé /ʁɔ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | robe /ʁɔb/ |
robes /ʁɔb/ |
robe /ʁɔb/ |
robons /ʁɔ.bɔ̃/ |
robez /ʁɔ.be/ |
robent /ʁɔb/ |
| imperfect | robais /ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
robais /ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
robait /ʁɔ.bɛ/ |
robions /ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
robiez /ʁɔ.bje/ |
robaient /ʁɔ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | robai /ʁɔ.be/ |
robas /ʁɔ.ba/ |
roba /ʁɔ.ba/ |
robâmes /ʁɔ.bam/ |
robâtes /ʁɔ.bat/ |
robèrent /ʁɔ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | roberai /ʁɔ.bʁe/ |
roberas /ʁɔ.bʁa/ |
robera /ʁɔ.bʁa/ |
roberons /ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/ |
roberez /ʁɔ.bʁe/ |
roberont /ʁɔ.bʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | roberais /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
roberais /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
roberait /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ |
roberions /ʁɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
roberiez /ʁɔ.bə.ʁje/ |
roberaient /ʁɔ.bʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | robe /ʁɔb/ |
robes /ʁɔb/ |
robe /ʁɔb/ |
robions /ʁɔ.bjɔ̃/ |
robiez /ʁɔ.bje/ |
robent /ʁɔb/ |
| imperfect2 | robasse /ʁɔ.bas/ |
robasses /ʁɔ.bas/ |
robât /ʁɔ.ba/ |
robassions /ʁɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
robassiez /ʁɔ.ba.sje/ |
robassent /ʁɔ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | robe /ʁɔb/ |
— | robons /ʁɔ.bɔ̃/ |
robez /ʁɔ.be/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “rober”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Old French
Alternative forms
- robber, robier
Etymology
From Late Latin raubāre.
Verb
rober
- to rob; to steal
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- Les viles ont robees, e li aveirs toz pris
- They robbed the towns, and took all their belongings
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of rober (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rober | avoir robé | |||||
| gerund | en robant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | robant | ||||||
| past participle | robé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | rop | robes | robe | robons | robez | robent |
| imperfect | roboie, robeie, roboe, robeve | roboies, robeies, roboes, robeves | roboit, robeit, robot, robeve | robiiens, robiens | robiiez, robiez | roboient, robeient, roboent, robevent | |
| preterite | robai | robas | roba | robames | robastes | roberent | |
| future | roberai | roberas | robera | roberons | roberoiz, robereiz, roberez | roberont | |
| conditional | roberoie, robereie | roberoies, robereies | roberoit, robereit | roberiiens, roberiens | roberiiez, roberiez | roberoient, robereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | rop | ros | rot | robons | robez | robent |
| imperfect | robasse | robasses | robast | robissons, robissiens | robissoiz, robissez, robissiez | robassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | robe | — | robons | robez | — | ||