robô
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- robot (unadapted spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French robot, from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˈbo/ [hoˈbo]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoˈbo/ [χoˈbo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɔˈbo/ [ʁɔˈβo]
- Homophone: roubou (accents with w-loss)
- Rhymes: -o
- Hyphenation: ro‧bô
Noun
robô m (plural robôs)
Derived terms
- retrato-robô
- robozão
- robozinho
Related terms
References
- ^ “robô”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “robô”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025