robust

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English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rōbustus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈbʌst/, /ɹəˈbʌst/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈbʌst/, /ɹəˈbʌst/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɹəʉˈbɐst/, /ɹəˈbɐst/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɹɐʉˈbɐst/, /ɹəˈbɐst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst
• Hyphenation: ro‧bust

Adjective

robust (comparative more robust or (uncommon) robuster, superlative most robust or (uncommon) robustest)

1. Able to withstand adverse conditions.

   Synonym: sturdy

   Antonym: fragile

2. Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.
3. Requiring strength or vigor.

4. Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.
5. (euphemistic) Rough; rude.
6. (systems engineering) Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
7. (software engineering) Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
8. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
9. (chiefly zoology, anthropology, paleontology) Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.

Derived terms

Related terms

• robusta

Translations

Further reading

• robust statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• brotus, or bust, turbos

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rōbustus. First attested in c. 1400.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈβust]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ruˈbust]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈbust]

Adjective

robust (feminine robusta, masculine plural robusts or robustos, feminine plural robustes)

1. robust (evincing strength and health)

   Synonyms: fort, vigorós

Derived terms

• robustament
• robustesa

References

Further reading

• “robust”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “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/
• Hyphenation: ro‧bust
• Rhymes: -ʊst

Adjective

robust (strong nominative masculine singular robuster, comparative robuster, superlative am robustesten)

1. robust

Declension

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)

1. robust, sturdy

References

• “robust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin rōbustus.

Adjective

robust (neuter singular robust, definite singular and plural robuste)

1. 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)

1. robust

Declension

Swedish

Adjective

robust (comparative robustare, superlative robustast)

1. robust

Declension

See also

• hållbar
• slagtålig
• slitstark
• stryktålig

References

• robust in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• robust in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• robust in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)