A robe is a loose piece of clothing which covers all of your body and reaches the ground. You can describe someone as wearing a robe or as wearing robes.
[formal]
The Pope knelt in his white robes before the simple altar.
...a fur-lined robe of green silk.
Synonyms: gown, cape, costume, cloak More Synonyms of robe
2. countable noun
A robe is a piece of clothing, usually made of towelling, which people wear in the house, especially when they have just got up or had a bath.
Ryle put on a robe and went down to the kitchen.
Synonyms: dressing gown, wrapper, bathrobe, negligée More Synonyms of robe
More Synonyms of robe
robe in British English
(rəʊb)
noun
1.
any loose flowing garment, esp the official vestment of a peer, judge, or academic
2.
a dressing gown or bathrobe
3. Australian informal
a wardrobe
verb
4.
to put a robe, etc, on (oneself or someone else); dress
Word origin
C13: from Old French: of Germanic origin; compare Old French rober to rob, Old High German roub booty
robe in American English
(roʊb)
noun
1.
a long, loose or flowing outer garment
; specif.,
a.
such a garment worn on formal occasions, to show rank or office, etc., as by a judge or bishop
b.
a bathrobe or dressing gown
2. [pl.]; Archaic
clothes; costume; dress
3. US
lap robe
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: robed or ˈrobing
4.
to dress in or cover with a robe or robes
Word origin
ME < OFr, robe, orig. booty, spoils < Gmc *rauba, plunder: see rob
Examples of 'robe' in a sentence
robe
I was wearing a bath robe, naked underneath.
The Sun (2017)
I really didn't expect to be asked to take off my shirt and trousers and put on a robe.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This was no gnarled old desert king in flowing robes.
The Sun (2010)
Scarlet summer robes are no longer issued or worn.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What you wear under your robe is up to you.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
My husband put on his robe and stumbled to the door.
Christianity Today (2000)
The vehicles contained five men dressed in the flowing robes and turbans of nomadic tribesmen.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Its frame was filled by a tall figure in a long white robe.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She included a sketch of herself in flowing robes with a male alien.
The Sun (2008)
He wears a long red robe and a tightly tied red turban.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He had previously appeared dressed in orange robes, sitting at a table in a dark room.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She wasn't putting on heavy robes and going in carriages.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A printed silk pyjama robe over jeans or tailored trousers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
EVER wondered why lawyers wear those flowing robes?
The Sun (2011)
A novice dressed in formal robes met them at the top of the steps.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
I saw men and women standing about in flowing robes and thought they had great dignity.
Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)
A man in a long white robe stepped forward.
Travers, P L What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story (1989)
Word lists with
robe
articles of clothing, articles of clothing
In other languages
robe
British English: robe NOUN
formal A robe is a loose piece of clothing which covers all of your body and reaches the ground. You can describe someone as wearing a robe or as wearing robes.
The judge was wearing a black robe.
American English: robe
Brazilian Portuguese: toga
Chinese: 长袍
European Spanish: toga
French: robe
German: Gewand
Italian: veste lunga e ampia
Japanese: 礼服
Korean: 가운
European Portuguese: toga
Latin American Spanish: toga
British English: robe NOUN
dressing gown A robe is a piece of clothing, usually made of toweling, which people wear in the house, especially when they have just gotten up or taken a bath.
He put on a robe and went down to the kitchen.
American English: robe
Brazilian Portuguese: roupão de banho
Chinese: 长袍
European Spanish: bata
French: peignoir
German: Bademantel
Italian: accappatoio
Japanese: ガウン
Korean: >가운목욕 한 후 입는
European Portuguese: roupão de banho
Latin American Spanish: bata
All related terms of 'robe'
lap robe
a blanket to cover the legs of someone who is sitting down, or in a wheelchair
night robe
a loose dress worn in bed by women
buffalo robe
a carriage robe or rug made of the skin of the bison , dressed with the hair on
christening robe
a long white dress worn by a baby at his or her christening
robe-de-chambre
a dressing gown or bathrobe
Chinese translation of 'robe'
robe
(rəub)
n(c)
(for ceremony etc) 礼(禮)袍 (lǐpáo)
(also bath robe) 浴袍 (yùpáo) (条(條), tiáo)
(US, = dressing-gown) 睡袍 (shuìpáo) (条(條), tiáo)
1 (noun)
Definition
a long loose flowing garment
a fur-lined robe of green silk
Synonyms
gown
a blue satin ball gown
cape
costume
cloak
She set out, wrapping her cloak about her.
vestment
habit
She emerged having changed into her riding habit.
2 (noun)
Definition
a dressing gown or bathrobe
She put on a robe and went down to the kitchen.
Synonyms
dressing gown
wrapper
bathrobe
negligée
housecoat
peignoir
(verb)
Definition
to put a robe on
Synonyms
clothe
He was clothed in a dashing scarlet and black uniform.
dress
We dressed the baby in a warm outfit.
drape
apparel (archaic)
attire
garb
He was garbed from head to toe in black.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cloak
Definition
a loose sleeveless outer garment, fastened at the throat and falling straight from the shoulders