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Definition: Robin |
RobinNoun1. Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast. 2. Large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Robin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bright fame". |
Date "robin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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American Robin Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae Genus: Turdus Species: migratorius Binomial name Turdus migratorius The American Robin, Turdus migratorius, is a migratory songbird of the thrush family. It is basically grayish in color, except for an orange patch on the chest; the similarity between this coloring and that of the smaller and unrelated European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) led to its common name.
During the breeding season, the adult males grow distinctive black feathers on their heads; after the breeding season they lose this eye-catching plumage.
While robins occasionally overwinter in the northern part of the United States and southern Canada, most depart for the tropics by the end of August; they begin to return north in March. (Exact dates vary with latitude and climate, of course.)
As with many migratory birds, the males return to the summer breeding grounds before the females, and compete with each other for nesting sites. The females then select mates based on the males' songs and the desirability of the nests they have built.
Food is the typical thrush mixture of insects, worms and berries. They are frequently seen running across lawns, picking up earthworms by sight.
The most familiar call of this bird is the cheerily carol song.
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European Robin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Erithacus Species: rubecula Binomial name Erithacus rubecula The European Robin (Erithacus rubecula), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chatss.
It is a common European songbird, known for its pugnacious behaviour despite its diminutive size.
Robins have a fluting, warbling song in the breeding season. Both males and females sing during the winter, when they hold separate territories, the song then sounding more plaintive than the summer version. Robins often sing into the evening, and sometimes into the night, leading some to confuse them with the Nightingale.
Robins build a neat cup nest in crevices, holes or articial sites such as discarded kettles.
The robin is well-known to British gardeners: it is relatively unafraid of humans and likes to come close when digging is going on, in order to look out for worms and other food freshly turned up: when the gardener stops for a break the robin will often use the handle of the spade as a lookout point. Robins in continental Europe are more wary.
British robins are largely resident but some, usually female, migrate to Spain and southern Europe during winter.
Scandinavian and Russian robins migrate to Britain to escape the harsher winters. These migrants can be recognised by the greyer tone to their upperparts and more orange breast.
The "robin redbreast" has much folklore surrounding it (especially various explanations as to how it acquired its blood-red front) and has become strongly associated with Christmas, taking a starring role on many a Christmas card.
The larger American Robin, Turdus migratorius, is named for its similarity to this bird, not because they are closely related. (The similarity lies largely in the orange chest patch in both species, which has led to the common nickname "robin redbreast".)
The Australian "robin redbreast", more correctly the Scarlet Robin, also looks and behaves in a similar way, but is more closely related to the crows and jays than it is to the European Robin.
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Robin can be:
- The European Robin, Erithacus rubecula
- The American Robin, Turdus migratorius
- Any of about 45 species of Australasian Robins.
- An aircraft manufacturer, see robin aircraft
- A figure in the Batman comics, see Robin (Batman)
- The Reliant Robin, a three-wheeled car built by Reliant.
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Robin is the name of a series of DC Comics superheroes who are sidekicks to Batman. He first appeared in 1940 in Detective Comics. The name "Robin the Boy Wonder" and the medieval look of the original costume was taken both from the semi-legendary hero of the poor, Robin Hood, as well as the red-breasted American Robin, which continued the "flying animal" motif of Batman.The character's introduction was part of the trend to soften the Batman character and give him a companion that can fulfill the usual role of a sidekick in the stories as well as something specifically designed to appeal to young readers. The character's visual appearance and youthful spunk also served as a contrast to the Batman's dark look and manner. It was with the partnering of Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder that the Batman character's popularity began to grow rapidly.
Dick Grayson
The first Robin was a young circus acrobat called Dick Grayson who was the youngest of a family act called the Flying Graysons. His parents were murdered by gangster Boss Zucco who sabotaged their trapese equipment to produce a fatal fall. Batman approached the boy after the murder and told him the truth of the matter. Dick learned that criminal was extorting money from the circus and killed his parents as a warning against defiance. Dick pleaded with Batman to bring the murderer to justice and he agreed, while making the boy swear to always fight crime faithfully. Batman, as Bruce Wayne, managed to get approval to have Dick put under his custody as a legal ward and rigorously trained the boy in physical, fighting and investigation skills to be his assistant. Together, they investigated Zucco and collected the evidence they needed to bring Zucco to justice.That was first of a long career adventures in which the pair, often called the Dynamic Duo, would battle crime in Gotham City and beyond. In addition, Robin was leader of his own superhero team, The Teen Titans. Eventually, Dick would break away from Batman and abandon the identity in favor of his own creation as Nightwing. Nightwing now takes up full-time vigilante duties in Gotham's neighboring city of Bludhaven.
Bruce Wayne
A Batman story from the 1950s had the young Bruce Wayne assume the identity of Robin, complete with the original costume, in order to learn the basics of detective work from a famous detective named Harvey Harris. This story was later revised in the 1980s to edit out any reference to Bruce Wayne having ever called himself "Robin" or worn any costume before he finally donned his Batman costume as an adult.
Jason Todd
The second Robin was Jason Todd, another young orphaned acrobat in DC Comics before the 1980s revision and a street orphan after. He proved to be much more impulsive, defiant and brutal than Dick was and was killed off in a notorious story where readers were encourage to participate in a pay-per-call phone-in poll to see if the character would survive. The vote narrowly favoured killing him and the character died at the hands of The Joker.
Tim Drake
The third Robin is Timothy Drake, a young boy who followed the adventures of Batman and Robin ever since seeing the murder of the Flying Graysons. He surmised their secret identities and noted that after Jason was killed, Batman was becoming more prone to overly violent and clumsy methods because of his inner grief and rage. Eventually, he revealed himself to Dick Grayson and Batman's butler Alfred who in turned helped persuade Batman to take on Tim as his sidekick to help him regain some self control.Tim has proven to be a more cereberal sidekick while still being quite adept physically adept. He wears a modified armoured costume designed to provide more protection including tight trousers to finally protect the previously bare legs. He is also the leader of the newly reformed Teen Titans.
Carrie Kelly
In addition, the famous comic book mini-series, The Dark Knight Returns, includes Carrie Kelly as the only female Robin in Batman's history.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robin (Batman)."
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Robin Hugh Gibb was born December 22, 1949, in Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, the twin of Maurice Gibb (1949-2003). He became one-third of the singing/songwriting trio that forms the backbone of the musical group, the Bee Gees.Traditionally, Robin's role in the group has been one of singer, for which he vied constantly with his elder brother Barry Gibb during the group's first period of British success in the late 1960s. This eventually resulted in Robin leaving the group to begin a solo career. Meanwhile, there were rumours of drug problems, and his parents threatened to have him made a ward of court (the age of consent at that time being 21, and Robin only 19).
Although initially successful, with a number 2 hit, Saved by the Bell, Robin's limitations soon made themselves apparent, and he returned to the group and mended the breach with his family. During the 1970s and 1980s, he released further solo singles which were more successful in Europe than in the UK or USA.
Robin's first wife, Molly, was a secretary in Robert Stigwood's organisation when they met. They had two children, Spencer and Melissa, but eventually divorced after years of living separate lives, with Robin almost permanently in the USA and Molly remaining in the UK. Robin's second wife, Dwina Murphy, is an artist, and they have a son, Robin John.
In 1994, Robin Gibb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Robin's latest solo album, Magnet was released in Germany on January 27 2003 (Label: SPV), and worldwide shortly afterwards. It features the old Bee Gees classic Wish You Were Here in a new accoustic version - on that track he is joined by his brothers Barry and Maurice. Might be the last official Bee Gees track ever recorded.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robin Gibb."
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Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero, an outlaw who, in modern versions of the legend, stole from the rich to give to the poor.
This redistributionalist form of philosophy in action anticipates the work of writers such as Proudhon and Karl Marx by many hundreds of years. Although most noted for this material egalitarianism, in his stories he also pursues other types of equality and justice. But as mentioned below, Robin Hood originally was not so generous.
The stories relating to Robin Hood are apocryphal, verging on the mythological. His first appearance in a manuscript is in William Langland's Piers Plowman (1377) in which Sloth, the lazy priest boasts "I can (i.e. 'ken') 'rimes of Robin Hood.' Three years later the Scottish chronicler John Fordun writes that, in ballads, "Robin Hood delights above all others."
Printed versions of Robin Hood ballads appear in the early 16th century -- shortly after the advent of printing in England. In these ballads, Robin Hood is a yeoman which, by that time, means an independent tradesman or farmer. It is only in the late 16th century that he becomes a nobleman, the Earl of Huntington, Robert of Locksley, or later still, Robert Fitz Ooth.
His romantic attachment to Maid Marian (or "Marion") (originally known as Mathilda) is also a product of this later period and probably has something to do with the French pastoral play of about 1280, the Jeu de Robin et Marion. Aside from the names there is no recognizable Robin Hood connection to the play.
The late 16th century is also the period when the Robin Hood story is moved back in time to the 1190s, when King Richard is away at the crusadess. One of the original Robin Hood ballads refers to King Edward (Edward I, II, and III ruled England from 1272 to 1377). The idea of Robin Hood as a high-minded Saxon fighting Norman Lords originates in the 19th century, most notably in the part Robin Hood plays in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe.
The folkloric Robin Hood was deprived of his lands by the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham and became an outlaw. The Sheriff does, indeed, appear in the early ballads (Robin kills and beheads him), but there is nothing as specific as this allegation. Robin's other enemies include the rich abbots of the Catholic Church and a bounty hunter named Guy of Gisbourne. Robin kills and beheads him as well. In the early ballads there is nothing about giving to the poor although Robin does make a large loan to an unfortunate knight.
He is said to have taken up residence in the verdant Sherwood Forest. This is a matter of some considerable contention. The original ballads speak of his being in Barnsdale, some fifty miles north of Sherwood. Others argue that if this were true he would have nothing to do with the Sheriff of Nottingham who operated two days ride to the south.
In the ballads, original "Merry Men" (though not called that) included: Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet or Scathlock, Much the Miller's Son, and Little John who was called "little" because he wasn't. Alan-a-Dale is a later invention in Robin Hood plays.
Songs, plays, games, and, later, novels, musicals, films, and tv series have developed Robin Hood and company according to the needs of their times, and the mythos has been subject to extensive ideological manipulation. Maid Marian, for instance, something of a warrior maiden in early Victorian novels was reduced in demeanour to passivity during the period of the women's suffrage movement. As the media power of the modern feminist movement gathered momentum, Marian reacquired an altogether more active role. Robin Hood himself has been transformed from a bandit with an occasional element of generosity in the original tales, to the contemporary reading, where he is depicted more as a medieval Che Guevara leading a small rebel force fighting a guerrilla war against Prince John and the Sheriff on behalf of the oppressed and King Richard I.
Movies & tv series
- 1922: Directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks in this first version, Robin Hood is the athletic, scared-of-women 1920s all-American boy. Sam De Grasse played the villain King John.
- 1939: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Errol Flynn is a smarter, more articulate Robin Hood -- very aware of the proto-fascist regime he is fighting and the hard times of people around him in this darker story. Maid Marian accuses Robin: "You speak treason!" "Fluently," he replies.
- 1946: Bandit of Sherwood Forest
- 1948: The Prince of Thieves
- 1951: Tales of Robin Hood
- 1955-1960 The British Adventures of Robin Hood TV series (consisting of weekly half-hour episodes, also shown in the U.S.) starring Richard Greene -- episodes of which were written by black-listed Hollywood writers -- also has a high degree of social consciousness. Some of those episodes were combined into feature-length colorized films:
- Robin Hood's Greatest Adventures (1956) (also starring Donald Pleasence)
- Robin Hood, the Movie (1958)
- Robin Hood: The Quest for the Crown (1958)
- 1958 'Robin Hood Daffy,' a Chuck Jones animated cartoon, where Daffy Duck takes on the traditions of Errol Flynn, and a Friar Tuckish Porky Pig won't take him seriously.
- 1973: The Walt Disney Company produced the most famous animated version of the legend in 1973, which had the various characters depicted as furry animal characters such as Robin Hood and Maid Marian as foxes.
- 1976: Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn played the couple at the end of their lives in the 1976 Robin and Marian.
- 1981: Time Bandits, starring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall; written and directed by Terry Gilliam
- 1984: The made-for-tv spoof The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood in 1984 starred George Segal (Robin), Morgan Fairchild (Marian), Roddy McDowall (Prince John), and Janet Suzman (Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine), and Robert Hardy turned up at the end as King Richard.
- 1984 - 1986: The 1980s British series Robin of Sherwood aka Robin Hood, was a New Age fantasy starring Michael Praed as Robin, later replaced by Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) as Robert, called Robin. In this version the two Robins actually get to wear hoods occasionally.
- 1989 - 1994: The British children's TV show Maid Marian and her Merry Men rewrote the legend somewhat.
- 1991: In the 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Kevin Costner (Sean Connery performed the customary cameo appearance of King Richard in the finale).
- 1991: John Irwin's 1991 Robin Hood, starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman), is a very inventive use of some of the best of the Robin Hood heritage.
- 1993: Another comedy version of the legend was Mel Brooks's spoof Robin Hood: Men in Tights that recycled bits from his short-lived late-1975 Robin Hood tv sitcom When Things Were Rotten. Carey Elwes played Robin in the movie, and Patrick Stewart appeared in the ending, spoofing Sean Connery's take on King Richard the Lionheart.
- 2001: Robin Hood and the Merry Men make a memorable cameo appearance as unwelcome rescuers in the movie version of William Steig's Shrek.
External links
- Allen Wright's extensive site: Robin Hood, Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood
- Also extensive, The Robin Hood Project at the University of Rochester
- Full text available in multiple formats
- An attempt to trace his origin and connections in Folk Traditions
- Some historical corrective to loose mythmaking about Robin Hood, from The Textbook Letter Sept-Oct 1998.
References
- Robin Hood by J C Holt ISBN 0500250812
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Robin Hood."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ROBIN | English | Rocket-balloon instrument | N/A |
| Robin. | English | Rocket-balloon instrument | N/A |
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Synonyms: RobinSynonyms: redbreast (n), robin redbreast (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Demon | Vampire, ghoul; afreet, barghest, Loki; ogre, ogress; gnome, gin, jinn, imp, deev, lamia; bogie, bogeyman, bogle; nis, kobold, flibbertigibbet, fairy, brownie, pixy, elf, dwarf, urchin; Puck, Robin Goodfellow; leprechaun, Cluricaune, troll, dwerger, sprite, ouphe, bad fairy, nix, nixie, pigwidgeon, will-o'-the wisp. |
Disapprobation | Decry; cry down, run down, frown down; clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist; draw up a round robin, sign a round robin. |
Information | Communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu_; representation, round robin, presentment. |
Request | Noun: request, requisition; claim; (demand); suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin. |
Resistance | Kick, kick against; recalcitrate, kick against the pricks; oppose; fly in the face of; lift the hand against; (attack); rise up in arms; (war); strike, turn out; draw up a round robin; (remonstrate); revolt; (disobey); make a riot. |
Thief | Dillinger, Al Capone; Robin Hood. |
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Screenplays | What do Lewis and Robin think (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) In Gotham City, Batman and Robin protect useven from plants and flowers (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Dude, this is a league game, the winner of this gets to progress into the next round robin. Am I wrong (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen) Brave Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.) Robin! You lost your arm in battle, but you grew yourself a nice set of boobs (Robin Hood: Men in Tights; writing credit: Mel Brooks, J. David Shapiro) | |
Lyrics | Blow rockin' robin (Rockin' Robin; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Love to hear the robin go tweet tweet tweet (Rockin' Robin; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Rockin' robin, rock rock (Rockin' Robin; performing artist: Michael Jackson) Buy for me the robin, darling, buy for me the wing; (Buy For Me the Rain; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) | |
Tongue Twisters | Robin Redbreast's bad breath. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | O Trapalhão da Floresta Robin Hood (1974) El Pequeño Robin Hood (1973) Robin Hood (1973) Il Magnifico Robin Hood (1970) Robin Goodhood (1970) | |
Song Titles | Rockin' Robin (performing artist: Michael Jackson) FLY ROBIN FLY (performing artist: Silver Convention ) Little Robin (performing artist: Peter & Bottlecaps Stampfel) | |
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 | Shown is the Office of Cancer Investigations from Cambridge, Massachusetts who became part of the first NCI staff during the summer of 1939 shortly before moving into building 6 in october. Front (l-r): J. Trovato, D. Howard, R. Robin, T. Shovelton, R. O'Gara, D. Silverman, F. Linnell, J. Stasio, F. Turner (Medical Director). Center: M. Shear, H. Stewart, H. Grady, H. Andervont, E. Lorenz, J. Leiter, A. Perrault. Rear: F. Kennedy, W. McEheney, J. Hartwell, M. Shimkin, J. Murphy, W. Gately, H. Meyer. See also AR000174. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Plate 71. The Sea-Robin or Wing-Fish. Prionotes palmipes (Mitch.), Storer. The Striped Sea Robin. Prionotus evolans (L.), Gill. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plate 102. The Round Robin or Cigar-Fish. Decapterus punctatus (Ag. ), Gill. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Madrone with robin. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
 | Robin chicks in nest near Hines, Oregon, in Harney County. Credit: Mark Armstrong. |  | Journal des Demoiselles / P. Robin. P. Defernevill. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Robin reached softly into his bosom and took out the warrant. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Robin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | It's in the air : and we don't need a robin or organ grinder to prove it. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Robin Hood and Little John. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Rollercoaste robin hood" by Patrick Nijhuis Commentary: "Rollercoaster at SixFlags Holland." |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | A phoebe soon built in my shed, and a robin for protection in a pine which grew against the house |
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Health | Mobius syndrome may be accompanied by Pierre Robin syndrome, a disease in which there is an abnormally small jaw, downward displacement of the tongue, and a soft, cleft palate. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Kingdom | In September a high court overturned the Home Secretary's decision not to hold a public inquiry into the case of Zahid Mubarek, an Asian inmate at Feltham who was beaten to death in March 2000 by a fellow inmate, Robin Stewart. (references) |
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Bob Woodward | That indeed is the case. Robin Cook, you have to salute any resignation on principle because it's so rare. It just doesn't happen that often. |
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| "Robin" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.55% of the time. "Robin" is used about 1,951 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.55% | 1,786 | 4,726 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.4% | 164 | 24,408 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.05% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,951 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "robin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Robin | First name Female | 208,000 | 100 |
| Robin | First name Male | 32,000 | 375 |
| Robin | Last name | 2,000 | 6,582 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Robin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a bright fame". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Robin." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Robena | Female | N/A | Robin |
| Rupert | Male | Dutch | Robert |
| Bob | Male | English | Robert |
| Hopkin | Male | English | Robert |
| Rob | Male | English | Robert |
| Robbie | Male, Female | English | Robert |
| Robby | Male, Female | English | Robert |
| Robert | Male | English | N/A |
| Roberta | Female | English | Robert |
| Robertina | Female | English | Robert |
| Robin | Male, Female | English | Robert |
| Robina | Female | English | Robin |
| Robyn | Female | English | Robin |
| Robynne | Female | English | Robin |
| Rupert | Male | English | Robert |
| Roope | Male | Finnish | Robert |
| Roopertti | Male | Finnish | Robert |
| Robert | Male | French | N/A |
| Rupert | Male | German | Robert |
| Róbert | Male | Hungarian | Robert |
| Roibeard | Male | Irish | Robert |
| Roberta | Female | Italian | Robert |
| Robertina | Female | Italian | Robert |
| Roberto | Male | Italian | Robert |
| Roberto | Male | Portuguese | Robert |
| Robert | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Rab | Male | Scottish | Robert |
| Rabbie | Male | Scottish | Robert |
| Raibeart | Male | Scottish | Robert |
| Robertina | Female | Spanish | Robert |
| Roberto | Male | Spanish | Robert |
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Expressions using "robin": american robin ♦ armored sea robin ♦ Beach robin ♦ Canada robin ♦ draw up a round robin ♦ flying robin ♦ Golden robin ♦ Ground robin ♦ Indian robin ♦ Magrie robin ♦ northern sea robin ♦ old World robin ♦ Pierre Robin syndrome ♦ rag robin ♦ ragged robin ♦ Robin accentor ♦ Robin anomalad ♦ robin breast ♦ Robin Goodfellow ♦ Robin Hood ♦ robin redbreast ♦ Robin snipe ♦ round robin ♦ runaway robin ♦ scrub robin ♦ sea robin ♦ sign a round robin ♦ swamp robin ♦ water robin. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "robin": Robin-anne, Robin-hood, Robin-leigh, robin-run-in-the-hedge, robin-years. | |
Ending with "robin": early wake-robin, prairie wake-robin, round-robin, sea-robin, Wake-robin. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
robin williams | 1,104 | robin mead | 133 |
robin | 1,088 | robin tunney | 132 |
robin hood | 887 | robin air force base | 125 |
red robin | 645 | robin hood man in tights | 124 |
baskin robin | 627 | meade robin | 123 |
batman and robin | 569 | baskin robin ice cream | 122 |
warner robin ga | 471 | robin thicke | 120 |
robin federal credit union | 433 | robin roberts | 115 |
robin quiver | 320 | robin nest | 114 |
robin bird | 300 | robin wright | 113 |
robin givens | 298 | witch hunter robin | 112 |
brother robin | 289 | warner robin | 111 |
robin trower | 220 | robin williams movie | 108 |
red restaurant robin | 197 | american robin | 108 |
lisa robin kelly | 190 | robin christopher | 107 |
robin afb | 165 | robin house | 102 |
robin cook | 157 | robin ventura | 101 |
robin wright penn | 151 | diet quiver robin | 98 |
golf robin williams | 141 | robin hobb | 94 |
robin gibb | 140 | rockin robin | 89 |
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| Language | Translations for "robin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Gushëkuq (bullfinch, redbreast). (various references) | |
Arabic | عصفور أبو الحناء, أبو الحن. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | otahkaaokayii. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | червеношийка (redbreast, ruddock), червеногуш Дрозд. (various references) | |
Chinese | 知更鳥 (redbreast), 知更鸟 (Robins). (various references) | |
Cornish | rüdhak. (various references) | |
Czech | Drozd (mocking-bird, Throstle, thrush), Èervenka, Èermák. (various references) | |
Danish | roedhals. (various references) | |
Dutch | roodborstje. (various references) | |
Esperanto | rubekolo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | bringureyði. (various references) | |
Farsi | سینه سرخ(ج.ش.). (various references) | |
Finnish | punarintasatakieli. (various references) | |
French | rougegorge familier, Rouge-gorge, rougegorge, Merle Américain (American robin). (various references) | |
Frisian | readboarstke. (various references) | |
German | Rotkehlchen (redbreast, redbreasts, robins). (various references) | |
Greek | κοκκινολαίμης. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vörösbegy (redbreast, ruddock). (various references) | |
Italian | Pettirosso (redbreast). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 駒鳥 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こまどり (photographic frame). (various references) | |
Korean | 울새 (Robins). (various references) | |
Manx | ushag veg ruy, spittag yiarg, cleeau yiarg. (various references) | |
Mohawk | tsihskoko. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obinray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pisco-de-peito-ruivo (ruddock), pisco de peito ruivo, pintarroxo (linnet, redpoll, twite). (various references) | |
Romanian | Prihor. (various references) | |
Russian | Малиновка, малиновка (redbreast, ruddock). (various references) | |
Scottish | brù-dhearg (red-breast). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | crvenperka (dace, redstart), crvendać (redbreast, ruddock). (various references) | |
Spanish | Petirrojo (redbreast). (various references) | |
Swedish | rödhakesångare. (various references) | |
Thai | นกขนาดเล็ก หน้าอกมีสีแดง. (various references) | |
Turkish | Narbülbülü (robin redbreast), Mehmetçik (Tommy), Kızılgerdan (redbreast, robin redbreast), Herkesin Birbiriyle Karşılaştığı Turnuva (round robin), Daire Þeklinde Ýmzalanan Dilekçe. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Дрізд, Вільшанка. (various references) | |
Welsh | coch-gam. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Erithacus rubecula, RM:puppencotschen. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "robin": robing, robins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "robin": chrysarobin, searobin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "robin": chrysarobins, disrobing, enrobing, probing, reprobing, searobins, unrobing. (additional references) | |
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"Robin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Froben, gobbin, gobin, gribin, Irobin, Jobin, nobin, obin, Obina, orbil, orbin, raben, rabik, rabin, rabine, Rabkin, rabon, rebin, riben, ribi, ribin, roabing, roba, roban, Robbi, Robbin, Robbyn, Roben, Robenek, robi, robic, robie, robinae, robine, robineae, robing, Robinia, Roblin, robner, Roboz, Robu, robyn, rocin, rodin, Roebbig, rohin, Rohini, Rohit, roib, roink, Romijn, ronin, rooba, rorbu, rosbif, rotin, Roubein, rovin, Rowin, roxin, rozin, ruban, rubbin, Rubine, rugbeian, ryoji, tobiano. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "robin" (pronounced rÄ"bun) |
| 4 | -Ä" b u n | bobbin. |
| 3 | -b u n | bourbon, cabin, carbon, corban, fluorocarbon, Gibbon, graben, hemoglobin, hydrocarbon, interurban, jacobin, Leben, psilocybin, ribbon, suburban, turban, urban. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-n-o-r" | |
-1 letter: born, brin, brio, inro, iron, noir, nori. | |
-2 letters: bin, bio, bro, ion, nib, nob, nor, obi, orb, rib, rin, rob. | |
-3 letters: bi, bo, in, no, on, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-n-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bicorn, bicron, bonier, boring, briony, bromin, inborn, orbing, ribbon, robbin, robing, robins. | |
+2 letters: bicorne, bicrons, bighorn, biotron, bonfire, bonnier, borings, bornite, boronic, bridoon, broking, bromine, bromins, bronchi, brownie, corbina, fibroin, imbrown, inboard, nobbier, nombril, probing, rabboni, rainbow, ribbons, ribbony, robbing, robbins, sorbing, taborin, vibrion. | |
+3 letters: aborning, aborting, abortion, abrasion, airborne, airbound, baritone, baronial, baronies, baryonic, bicornes, bigaroon, bighorns, biotrons, birdsong, boarding, bonfires, borating, boringly, bornites, bouncier, bowering, braconid, bravoing, bridoons, brionies, broiling, brokings, bromelin, bromines, bronchia, bronzier, bronzing, brooding, brooking, brooming, brownier, brownies, browning, brownish, browsing, bryonies, carbinol, carbonic, combiner, corbinas, corncrib, debonair, enrobing, fibroins, highborn, hornbill, imbrowns, inboards, ironbark, knobbier, laboring, moribund, neighbor, nombrils, obtainer, orbiting, ovenbird, panbroil, rabbonis, rainbows, reboring, reobtain, ribboned, ringbolt, ringbone, searobin, snobbier, snowbird, sobering, songbird, taborine, taboring, taborins, thrombin, twinborn, unrobing, vibrions, vibronic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Abbreviations | 21. Acronyms 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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