derby

See also: Derby

English

Etymology

From Epsom Derby horse race, named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby.

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.bi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi

Noun

derby (plural derbies)

1. Any of several annual horse races.
2. (by extension) Any organized race.

   a donkey derby

3. (US) A bowler hat.
   • 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:

     He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes.

4. (sports) A sports match between rival teams.
5. (sports) A local derby.
   • 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next.

   • 2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions.

Derived terms

• demolition derby
• duck derby
• local derby
• roller derby
• tar derby
• tin derby
• trench derby

Descendants

Descendants

• → German: Derby
• → Spanish: derbi
• → Hungarian: derbi
• → Japanese: ダービー (dābī)
• → Polish: derby
• → Portuguese: dérbi
• → Russian: де́рби (dérbi)
• → Chinese: 德比 (débǐ)

Translations

horse race

• Bulgarian: конно надбягване (konno nadbjagvane)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:打吡 (zh) (daa2 bei2)

  Mandarin: 德比 (zh) (débǐ)

• Finnish: hevoskilpailu, ajot (fi) pl
• German: Derby (de) n
• Hungarian: derbi (hu)
• Italian: corsa di cavalli f
• Japanese: ダービー (dābī)
• Lao: ເດີຣບີ (dœ̄n bī)
• Macedonian: коњичка трка f (konjička trka)
• Polish: derby (pl) n
• Portuguese: dérbi (pt) m, páreo (pt) m
• Russian: де́рби (ru) n (dɛ́rbi)
• Spanish: derbi (es) m
• Thai: ดาร์บี้

any organized race

• Finnish: kilpailu (fi)
• Italian: competizione (it) f, gara (it) f, partita (it) f
• Lao: ເດີຣບີ (dœ̄n bī)
• Portuguese: corrida (pt) f, disputa (pt) f
• Spanish: carrera (es)
• Thai: ดาร์บี้

bowler hat — see bowler hat

local derby — see local derby

Further reading

• derby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• derby (horse race) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bryde, DBEYR

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrbɪ]
• Hyphenation: der‧by

Noun

derby n

1. derby

Declension

Declension of derby (mostly indeclinable neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	derby	derby
genitive	derby	derby
dative	derby	derby
accusative	derby	derby
vocative	derby	derby
locative	derby	derby
instrumental	derby, derbym	derby

Further reading

• derby in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

French

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English derby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʁ.bi/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

derby m (plural derbys)

1. derby (horse race)
2. derby (local derby)

Further reading

• “derby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English derby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbi
• Hyphenation: dèr‧by

Noun

derby m (invariable)

1. derby (horse race; sports event between local rivals)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.bɨ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrbɨ
• Syllabification: der‧by

Noun

derby n (indeclinable)

1. (horse racing) derby (horse race)

Noun

derby nvir pl

1. (sports) derby, local derby

Declension

Declension of derby

	plural
nominative	derby
genitive	derbów
dative	derbom
accusative	derby
instrumental	derbami
locative	derbach
vocative	derby

Derived terms

adjective

• derbowy

 

nouns

• derbista
• derbistka

 

Related terms

noun

• Derby

 

Further reading

• derby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• derby in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby or French derby.

Noun

derby n (plural derby-uri)

1. derby (horse race)
2. local derby

Declension

Declension of derby

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) derby	derbyul	(niște) derby-uri	derby-urile
genitive/dative	(unui) derby	derbyului	(unor) derby-uri	derby-urilor
vocative	derbyule		derby-urilor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdærbʏ/

Noun

derby n

1. derby (local derby)
2. derby (horse race)

Declension

Declension of derby
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	derby	derbyt	derbyn	derbyna
Genitive	derbys	derbyts	derbyns	derbynas

Derived terms

• derbyförlust
• derbymatch
• derbyseger
• derbysegrare
• derbyvinnare

References

• derby in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• derby in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)