# Robert
## English
### Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht (normalised form: Ruodberht), from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiberht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”). Doublet of Rupert.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹɒb.ət/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɹɑ.bɚt/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɹɔb.ət/
* Hyphenation: Rob‧ert

### Proper noun

Robert
* A male given name from the Germanic languages.
** c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):: Act I, Scene I:
    My brother Robert? Old Sir Robert's son? / Colbrand the giant, that same mighty man?
** 1984, John Edgar Wideman, Brothers and Keepers: A Memoir, Mariner Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 93:I hadn't even considered names for a girl. Robby it would be. Robert Douglas. Where the Douglas came from is another story, but the Robert came from me because I liked the sound. Robert was formal, dignified, important. Robert. And that was nearly as nice as the chance I'd have to call my little brother Rob and Robby.
* (rare compared to given name) A French surname originating as a patronymic.

#### Usage notes

* One of the most common English given names since the Norman Conquest.

#### Derived terms

* Robert Lee (in Texas)
* Roberts
* Robertson
* Robert's Rules of Order
* sauce Robert

#### Related terms

* pet forms: Bert, Bertie, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby, Rabbie (Scotland), Rob, Robbie, Robby, Robb
* variants: Robin (chiefly masculine), Robyn (chiefly feminine), Rupert
* feminine forms: Bertha, Roberta
* Dabb
* Dabbs
* Dabinett
* Dabson
* Dobb
* Dobbie
* Dobbin
* Dobbing
* Dobbins
* Dobbinson
* Dobbs
* Dobby
* Dobbyn
* Dobie
* Dobing
* Dobinson
* Dobkin
* Dobson
* Dopson
* Hob
* Hobb
* Hobbes
* Hobbins
* Hobbis
* Hobbs
* Hoblyn
* Hobson
* Hopkin
* Hopkins
* Hopkinson
* Hopson
* Nobb
* Nobbs
* Nobes
* Probert
* Probin
* Probyn
* Rab
* Rabb
* Rabbitt
* Rabson
* Rapson
* Rob
* Robarts
* Robb
* Robbens
* Robbie
* Robbin
* Robbins
* Robbs
* Roberson
* Roberts
* Robertson
* Robeson
* Robey
* Robin
* Robins
* Robinson
* Robison
* Roblett
* Roblin
* Robson
* Roby

#### Translations
## Albanian
### Proper noun

Robert m
* a male given name

#### Declension
## Azerbaijani
### Proper noun

Robert (definite accusative Roberti, plural Robertlər)
* A transliteration of the English male given name Robert

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ruˈβɛrt]
* IPA: (Balearic) [roˈbɛrt]
* IPA: (Valencia) [roˈbɛɾt]

### Proper noun

Robert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Derived terms

* robertí

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Robert, from Anglo-Norman Robert, from the Old Frankish cognate of Old High German Hrodperht, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz (literally “shining glory”).

### Proper noun

Robert
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* 蘿拔 / 萝拔, 羅拔 / 罗拔

### Etymology

From English Robert, the meaning “male idiot” first appeared in a TVB drama 《老友鬼鬼》 (1991).

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): lo$^1$ bat$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lo$^1$ bat$^4$
*** Yale: lō bàht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lo$^1$ bat$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lo$^1$ bed$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔː⁵⁵ pɐt̚²¹/

### Noun

Robert
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, dated) male idiot
       nei$^5$ mai$^5$ dong$^3$ ngo$^5$ lo$^1$ bat$^4$ wo$^3$! [Jyutping]
       Don't treat me as an idiot!
** 1999 September 2, Henry Chen, “AV Amp 一談”, in hk.rec.audio-visual‎ (Usenet):心想,你老板,當我Robert啊你! $7280!?(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2003 December 10, 我是地球人, “Channel News Asia: Chinese state press all but ignores Bush-Wen meeting”, in hk.politics‎ (Usenet):我當我 Robert 定 Lulu?(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2011, 蘇真真, 《真中文──正確中文這樣寫》, Hong Kong: 日閱出版社, →ISBN, page 118:
       soeng$^2$ ngaak$^1$ ngo$^5$? nei$^5$ dong$^3$ ngo$^5$ lo$^1$ bat$^4$ aa$^4$? [Jyutping]
       You want to trick me? You're taking me as an idiot?

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 傻子, 傻瓜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 傻狗兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 傻子, 傻瓜, 凱子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 傻子, 傻狍子, 傻錛兒錛兒, 傻蛋, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 傻瓜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 傻瓜, 傻子, 呆子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 傻瓜, 傻屌, 傻膀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 傻子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 傻子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 哈巴兒, 哈娃兒, 嘻瓜娃兒, 吞兒寶 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 哈崽, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 傻崽, 哈崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 傻崽, 哈崽, 憨崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 痴崽, 癲崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 楞人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 傻瓜, 憨包 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 傻瓜, 笨蛋, 憨包, 包人 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 傻瓜, 憨人 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 傻子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 傻瓜, 阿傻, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 戇居仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 傻瓜, 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 傻妹 girl, 死蠢, kai子 dated slang, Lulu dated slang, Robert male, dated slang, Robert仔 male, dated slang, 孟加拉 dated slang |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 懵佬 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 傻佬, 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 傻仔, 蠢仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 吽仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy, 傻女 girl, 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy, 懵女 girl |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 傻瓜 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 傻佬, 傻婆, 廢佬 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 傻仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 傻佬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 傻仔, 傻佬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟬頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 傻瓜, 戇牯, 傻貨, 傻仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 懵佬 man, 懵婆 woman, 懵仔 boy |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 傻佬 man, 傻婆 woman, 傻仔 boy |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 傻佬 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 傻佬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 傻子, 傻屄 pejorative |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 傻瓜子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 賴仔, 賴撇仔 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 戇儂, 歁囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 戇儂 GT, 戇猴 GT, 宋盼的 GT, 盼仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 戇儂, 戇虎的 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 戇儂, 戇居, 柴頭, 戇囝, 傻仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 戇囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 山猴, 戇戇鬼, 洽洽仔, 三八儂, ka-mú-tī, 大番薯 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 傻瓜, 㦙囝, 傻哥 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 妃松, 老松, 山邁 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 傻囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 傻佬 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 傻佬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 傻崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 戇人, 阿戇, 踱頭, 壽頭, 戇浮屍 vulgar |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哈寶, 苕它, 蠢人子, 蠢寶, 痴呆子, 哈卵 vulgar |
| Xiang | Loudi | 哈寶, 哈聖, 哈子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Coordinate terms

* Lulu

### References

* Bolton, Kingsley, Hutton, Christopher (2005) A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang: The Language of Hong Kong Movies, Street Gangs and City Life, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 255

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈrobɛrt]

### Proper noun

Robert m anim
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

## Danish
### Proper noun

Robert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch robert, from Old French [Term?], from Germanic. Equivalent to a Frenchified form of Robrecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈroː.bərt/, /ˈrɔ.bərt/, (French-based pronunciation) /roːˈbɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ro‧bert

### Proper noun

Robert m
* a male given name

#### Derived terms

* robertskruid

#### Related terms

* Rob
* Robbert
* Roberto
* Robertus
* Robrecht

## Estonian
### Proper noun

Robert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Related terms

* Robi

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Robert m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Usage notes

Patronymics
* son of Robert: Robertsson
* daughter of Robert: Robertsdóttir

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Robert, from Latin Robertus, from Frankish *Hrōþiberht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrobert/, [ˈro̞be̞rt̪]
* Rhymes: -obert
* Hyphenation: Ro‧bert

### Proper noun

Robert
* a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Robert

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Robert (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robertini
Robertini
accusative
nom.
Robertini
Robertini
gen.
Robertini
genitive
Robertini
Robertieni
partitive
Robertiani
Robertejani
inessive
Robertissani
Roberteissani
elative
Robertistani
Roberteistani
illative
Robertiini
Roberteihini
adessive
Robertillani
Roberteillani
ablative
Robertiltani
Roberteiltani
allative
Robertilleni
Roberteilleni
essive
Robertinani
Roberteinani
translative
Robertikseni
Roberteikseni
abessive
Robertittani
Roberteittani
instructive
comitative
—Roberteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robertisi
Robertisi
accusative
nom.
Robertisi
Robertisi
gen.
Robertisi
genitive
Robertisi
Robertiesi
partitive
Robertiasi
Robertejasi
inessive
Robertissasi
Roberteissasi
elative
Robertistasi
Roberteistasi
illative
Robertiisi
Roberteihisi
adessive
Robertillasi
Roberteillasi
ablative
Robertiltasi
Roberteiltasi
allative
Robertillesi
Roberteillesi
essive
Robertinasi
Roberteinasi
translative
Robertiksesi
Roberteiksesi
abessive
Robertittasi
Roberteittasi
instructive
comitative
—Roberteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robertimme
Robertimme
accusative
nom.
Robertimme
Robertimme
gen.
Robertimme
genitive
Robertimme
Robertiemme
partitive
Robertiamme
Robertejamme
inessive
Robertissamme
Roberteissamme
elative
Robertistamme
Roberteistamme
illative
Robertiimme
Roberteihimme
adessive
Robertillamme
Roberteillamme
ablative
Robertiltamme
Roberteiltamme
allative
Robertillemme
Roberteillemme
essive
Robertinamme
Roberteinamme
translative
Robertiksemme
Roberteiksemme
abessive
Robertittamme
Roberteittamme
instructive
comitative
—Roberteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robertinne
Robertinne
accusative
nom.
Robertinne
Robertinne
gen.
Robertinne
genitive
Robertinne
Robertienne
partitive
Robertianne
Robertejanne
inessive
Robertissanne
Roberteissanne
elative
Robertistanne
Roberteistanne
illative
Robertiinne
Roberteihinne
adessive
Robertillanne
Roberteillanne
ablative
Robertiltanne
Roberteiltanne
allative
Robertillenne
Roberteillenne
essive
Robertinanne
Roberteinanne
translative
Robertiksenne
Roberteiksenne
abessive
Robertittanne
Roberteittanne
instructive
comitative
—Roberteinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Robertinsa
Robertinsa
accusative
nom.
Robertinsa
Robertinsa
gen.
Robertinsa
genitive
Robertinsa
Robertiensa
partitive
Robertiaan Robertiansa
Robertejaan Robertejansa
inessive
Robertissaan Robertissansa
Roberteissaan Roberteissansa
elative
Robertistaan Robertistansa
Roberteistaan Roberteistansa
illative
Robertiinsa
Roberteihinsa
adessive
Robertillaan Robertillansa
Roberteillaan Roberteillansa
ablative
Robertiltaan Robertiltansa
Roberteiltaan Roberteiltansa
allative
Robertilleen Robertillensa
Roberteilleen Roberteillensa
essive
Robertinaan Robertinansa
Roberteinaan Roberteinansa
translative
Robertikseen Robertiksensa
Roberteikseen Roberteiksensa
abessive
Robertittaan Robertittansa
Roberteittaan Roberteittansa
instructive
comitative
—Roberteineen Roberteinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Roope
* Roopertti

#### Statistics

* Robert is the 201st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,968 male individuals (and as a middle name to 4,356 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɔ.bɛʁ/

### Proper noun

Robert m
* a male given name, feminine equivalent Roberte, equivalent to English Robert
* a surname originating as a patronymic

#### Derived terms

* Brie-Comte-Robert
* herbe à Robert
* robert

#### Related terms

* Rubert

### Further reading

* filae.com
* Forebears (French)

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German Robert, from Latin Robertus, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz. Reinforced since the 18th century by French Robert. Other (chiefly southern) German forms are Rupert and Ruprecht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʁoːbɛʁt/, /ˈʁoːbɐt/ (with some regional variation, the latter being uncommon in western Germany)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Robert m (proper noun, strong, genitive Roberts)
* a male given name from Frankish, feminine equivalent Roberta, equivalent to English Robert

#### Related terms

* Rob
* Robin
* Rupert
* Ruprecht

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English Robert.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.bert/
* Rhymes: -ɔbert
* Hyphenation: Rò‧bert

#### Proper noun

Robert m
* A male given name in English

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Robert.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /roˈbɛr/
* Rhymes: -ɛr

#### Proper noun

Robert m or f by sense
* A male given name and surname in French

### References

* 1 2 Robert in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Robert
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

## Old French
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, equivalent to Frankish *hrōþi (“fame”) + *berht (“bright”).

### Proper noun

Robert m (nominative singular Roberz)
* a male given name, a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɔ.bɛrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔbɛrt
* Syllabification: Ro‧bert

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Doublet of Rupert.

#### Proper noun

Robert m pers (female equivalent Roberta, diminutive Robercik)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Proper noun

Robert m pers
* a male surname

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

Robert f (indeclinable)
* a female surname

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Proper noun

Robert f
* genitive plural of Roberta

### Further reading

* Robert in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Robert in PWN's encyclopedia
* “+”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

## Swedish
### Etymology

First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1219.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /¹roːbɛʈ/, /¹roːbæʈ/

### Proper noun

Robert c (genitive Roberts)
* a male given name, equivalent to English Robert

#### Related terms

* (male given names) Robin
* (surnames) Robertsson

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 55 692 males with the given name Robert living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.