Feminine

roba

Meaning

  1. (feminine) things, stuff
  2. (feminine) goods, property, belongings
  3. (feminine) clothes, gear
  4. (feminine) food, foodstuff, eats, grub
  5. (feminine, slang) dope, scag

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
rò‧ba
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrɔ.ba/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rauba, of Germanic origin, via Gothic or Frankish *raub, all from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. Cognate with Sicilian robba, English robe, rob, and reave; and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).

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