English

Adjective
en-adj

1. evince|Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.

#* Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
#*: She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he had hitherto conceived.

1. violent|Violent; rough; rude.
2. require|Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
3. sensible|Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety;
4. (In w:systems engineering|systems engineering, said of a system) Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.

Etymology
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From Latin r�bustus, from r�bur, r�bus, "strength", "hard timber", "oak".

Translations
Finnish: jykevä (1), vankka (1), roteva (1), vahva (1)
German: robust#German|robust (1)
Polski: krzepki (1), silny (1), rozros�y (1), czerstwy (1), wysportowany (1)
Spanish: robusto (1) [cognate with roble, "oak tree"]
Swedish: robust#Swedish|robust (1)

Derived terms
robustness

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