UrsprungBorrowed from Czech robot, from robota (“drudgery, servitude”), from Old Czech robota, from Proto-Slavic *orbota, from *orbiti + *-ota. First attested in 1921. The weaponry sense attested since 1944.
- common-gendera robot (machine that carries out complex tasks)
“Plåt-Niklas är en robot” — Sheet-Niklas is a robot
- common-gendera missile, guided missile
Formerrobot(indefinite, nominative, singular) · robots(genitive, indefinite, singular) · roboten(definite, nominative, singular) · robotens(definite, genitive, singular) · robotar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · robotars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · robotarna(definite, nominative, plural) · robotarnas(definite, genitive, plural)