robust
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈbʌst/, /ɹəˈbʌst/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈbʌst/
- Rhymes: -ʌst
- Hyphenation: ro‧bust
Adjective
robust (comparative robuster or more robust, superlative robustest or most robust) (see usage notes)
- Evincing strength and health; strong.
- He was a robust man of six feet four.
- robust health
- A robust wall was put up.
- 1869, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
- She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he had hitherto conceived.
- Violent; rough; rude.
- 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top.
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- Requiring strength or vigor.
- robust employment
- Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
- (systems engineering) Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
- (software engineering) Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
- (statistics) Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
- (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.
Usage notes
- "More" and "most robust" are much more common than the forms ending in "-er" or "-est".
Derived terms
- robustness
Related terms
- robusta
Translations
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Further reading
robust statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- brotus, or bust, turbos
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin rōbustus, first attested circa 1400.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ruˈbust/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /roˈbust/
Adjective
robust (feminine robusta, masculine plural robusts or robustos, feminine plural robustes)
- robust (evincing strength and health)
- Synonyms: fort, vigorós
Derived terms
- robustament
- robustesa
References
- “robust”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “robust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “robust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “robust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁoˈbʊst/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ro‧bust
Adjective
robust (strong nominative masculine singular robuster, comparative robuster, superlative am robustesten)
- robust
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist robust | sie ist robust | es ist robust | sie sind robust | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | robuster | robuste | robustes | robuste |
genitive | robusten | robuster | robusten | robuster | |
dative | robustem | robuster | robustem | robusten | |
accusative | robusten | robuste | robustes | robuste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der robuste | die robuste | das robuste | die robusten |
genitive | des robusten | der robusten | des robusten | der robusten | |
dative | dem robusten | der robusten | dem robusten | den robusten | |
accusative | den robusten | die robuste | das robuste | die robusten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein robuster | eine robuste | ein robustes | (keine) robusten |
genitive | eines robusten | einer robusten | eines robusten | (keiner) robusten | |
dative | einem robusten | einer robusten | einem robusten | (keinen) robusten | |
accusative | einen robusten | eine robuste | ein robustes | (keine) robusten |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist robuster | sie ist robuster | es ist robuster | sie sind robuster | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | robusterer | robustere | robusteres | robustere |
genitive | robusteren | robusterer | robusteren | robusterer | |
dative | robusterem | robusterer | robusterem | robusteren | |
accusative | robusteren | robustere | robusteres | robustere | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der robustere | die robustere | das robustere | die robusteren |
genitive | des robusteren | der robusteren | des robusteren | der robusteren | |
dative | dem robusteren | der robusteren | dem robusteren | den robusteren | |
accusative | den robusteren | die robustere | das robustere | die robusteren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein robusterer | eine robustere | ein robusteres | (keine) robusteren |
genitive | eines robusteren | einer robusteren | eines robusteren | (keiner) robusteren | |
dative | einem robusteren | einer robusteren | einem robusteren | (keinen) robusteren | |
accusative | einen robusteren | eine robustere | ein robusteres | (keine) robusteren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist am robustesten | sie ist am robustesten | es ist am robustesten | sie sind am robustesten | |
strong declension (without article) | nominative | robustester | robusteste | robustestes | robusteste |
genitive | robustesten | robustester | robustesten | robustester | |
dative | robustestem | robustester | robustestem | robustesten | |
accusative | robustesten | robusteste | robustestes | robusteste | |
weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der robusteste | die robusteste | das robusteste | die robustesten |
genitive | des robustesten | der robustesten | des robustesten | der robustesten | |
dative | dem robustesten | der robustesten | dem robustesten | den robustesten | |
accusative | den robustesten | die robusteste | das robusteste | die robustesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein robustester | eine robusteste | ein robustestes | (keine) robustesten |
genitive | eines robustesten | einer robustesten | eines robustesten | (keiner) robustesten | |
dative | einem robustesten | einer robustesten | einem robustesten | (keinen) robustesten | |
accusative | einen robustesten | eine robusteste | ein robustestes | (keine) robustesten |
Derived terms
- Robustheit
Further reading
- “robust” in Duden online
- “robust” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin rōbustus.
Adjective
robust (neuter singular robust, definite singular and plural robuste)
- robust, sturdy
References
- “robust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin rōbustus.
Adjective
robust (neuter singular robust, definite singular and plural robuste)
- robust, sturdy
References
- “robust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French robuste, from Latin rōbustus.
Adjective
robust m or n (feminine singular robustă, masculine plural robuști, feminine and neuter plural robuste)
- robust
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | robust | robustă | robuști | robuste | ||
definite | robustul | robusta | robuștii | robustele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | robust | robuste | robuști | robuste | ||
definite | robustului | robustei | robuștilor | robustelor |
Swedish
Adjective
robust (comparative robustare, superlative robustast)
- robust
Declension
Inflection of robust | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | robust | robustare | robustast |
Neuter singular | robust | robustare | robustast |
Plural | robusta | robustare | robustast |
Masculine plural3 | robuste | robustare | robustast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | robuste | robustare | robustaste |
All | robusta | robustare | robustaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
References
- robust in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- robust in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- robust in Svensk ordbok (SO)