Roberta

See also: roberta and Robertą

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, Robert +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Roberta

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, masculine equivalent Robert.
   • 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, UPNE, published 1999, →ISBN, Book Two, Chapter 7:

     It was many years before the house on Maple Street was forgotten as "The Quimby Place" and called by its now correct name of "The Carter House", and it was many years before Mrs. Carter succeeded in making Peyton Place call her "Roberta" instead of the frivolous and, to her, harlotish-sounding name of "Bobbie".

Related terms

• Bobbi
• Bobbie
• Robbi
• Robby
• Robin
• Robyn

Translations

female given name

• Catalan: Roberta f
• French: Roberte (fr) f
• Italian: Roberta (it) f
• Japanese: ロバータ (Robāta)
• Polish: Roberta (pl) f
• Russian: Роберта f (Roberta)
• Serbo-Croatian: Roberta f

Anagrams

• Barreto, aborter, arboret, taborer

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ruˈβe̞r.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [roˈbɛr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈβɛr.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈbɛɾ.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [roˈβɛr.ta]

Proper noun

Roberta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Roberta

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈbɛr.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛrta
• Hyphenation: Ro‧bèr‧ta

Proper noun

Roberta f

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Roberto

Anagrams

• borrate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɔˈbɛr.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [roˈbɛr.ta]

Proper noun

Roberta f (genitive Robertae); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Roberta

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Roberta	Robertae
genitive	Robertae	Robertārum
dative	Robertae	Robertīs
accusative	Robertam	Robertās
ablative	Robertā	Robertīs
vocative	Roberta	Robertae

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔˈbɛr.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrta
• Syllabification: Ro‧ber‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Polish Robert

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Old Polish -a

Polish -a

Polish Roberta

From Robert + -a.

Proper noun

Roberta f (male equivalent Robert)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Roberta

Declension

Declension of Roberta

	singular	plural
nominative	Roberta	Roberty
genitive	Roberty	Robert
dative	Robercie	Robertom
accusative	Robertę	Roberty
instrumental	Robertą	Robertami
locative	Robercie	Robertach
vocative	Roberto	Roberty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Roberta m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of Robert

Further reading

• “Roberta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbɛʁ.tɐ/ [hoˈbɛh.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbɛʁ.tɐ/ [hoˈbɛh.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbɛɾ.tɐ/ [hoˈbɛɾ.tɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbɛʁ.tɐ/ [χoˈbɛχ.tɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈbɛɻ.tɐ/ [hoˈbɛɻ.tɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbɛɾ.tɐ/ [ʁuˈβɛɾ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbɛɾ.tɐ/ [ʁuˈβɛɾ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbɛɾ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: Ro‧ber‧ta

Proper noun

Roberta f (plural Robertas, masculine Roberto, masculine plural Robertos)

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Roberto, equivalent to English Roberta

Romanian

Proper noun

Roberta f

1. a female given name

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Roberta f (Cyrillic spelling Роберта)

1. a female given name

Declension

    Declension of Roberta

	singular	plural
nominative	Roberta	Roberte
genitive	Roberte	Roberta
dative	Roberti	Robertama
accusative	Robertu	Roberte
vocative	Roberto	Roberte
locative	Roberti	Robertama
instrumental	Robertom	Robertama

Further reading

• “Roberta”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /roˈbeɾta/ [roˈβ̞eɾ.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eɾta
• Syllabification: Ro‧ber‧ta

Proper noun

Roberta f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Roberta