Paul Charles Jules Robert (; 19 October 1910, Orléansville,

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– 11 August 1980, Mougins,

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), usually called Paul Robert, was a French lexicographer and publisher, best known for his large ''Dictionnaire alphabétique et analogique de la langue française'' (1953), often called simply the ''Robert'' (), and its abridgement, the ''

Petit Robert ''Le Petit Robert de la Langue Française'' (), known as just ''Petit Robert'', is a popular single-volume French dictionary first published by Paul Robert in 1967. It is an abridgement of his eight-volume ''Dictionnaire alphabétique et analo ...

'' (1967; ); who founded the dictionary company '' Dictionnaires Le Robert''.

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* Paul Robert, ''Aventures et mésaventures d'un dictionnaire'', Paris: Société du nouveau Littré 'Le Robert', 1971.

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