Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/roˈβot/

Line drawing of robot
Coloured illustration of robot
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Translation

robot

Word origin

From Czech robot, coined by Karel Čapek for his 1920 play R.U.R., from robota ('forced labour, drudgery').

Origin
Czech
Root
robota

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralrobots

Examples

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The robot cleans the house while we are out.

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In the factory, the robots assemble the cars.

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My son loves building robots out of parts.

¿ algún ?

Do you think a robot will be able to do this job one day?

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This robot responds to voice commands.

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This word is part of lesson 39.