rugby
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌɡbi/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: rug‧by
Etymology 1Edit
From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century.[1] The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Rocheberie (probably equivalent to rook (“Corvus frugilegus, a bird of the crow family”) + -by (suffix indicating a village or town)), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (“rook”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to crow”)) + burh, burg (“castle, fort, stronghold; city; town”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“hill, mountain; high, lofty; to rise”)).
NounEdit
rugby (countable and uncountable, plural rugbies)
- (usually uncountable, sports)
- A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
- (specifically) The form of the game known as rugby union (see the usage note).
- (countable) Ellipsis of rugby shirt (“a shirt of the kind worn by rugby players, usually short-sleeved and with a buttoned opening at the neck like a polo shirt, but with a stiffer collar”).
- 2003, B. Lawson Thornton, Misery Loves Company: The Diary of Kerri Mitchell, East River Press, →ISBN:
- I don't know why, but for some reason people who work undercover for department store security always wear rugbies and khakis.
- 2007, Adam Mansbach, Angry Black White Boy: […], Crown, →ISBN, page 69:
- Jansports and cargo pants were everywhere, set off with overstated polos, rugbies, and sweatshirts blaring the logos of hip hop designers.
- 2015, Tony Jackson, From the Streets to the Sheets, Page Publishing, →ISBN:
- I bought three jogging suits, a pair of Polo sneakers, and two rugbies.
Usage notesEdit
The word rugby when used without any modifying word is commonly used to refer specifically to the game of rugby union – for example, the Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament. Referring to rugby league simply as rugby is less common, except in countries where that is the predominant version of rugby football played.
A major difference between rugby and football (association football or soccer) is that in the latter sport players apart from the goalkeeper are not permitted to handle the ball.
Alternative formsEdit
- Rugby (archaic)
HyponymsEdit
- American rules rugby, Harvard rules football (obsolete) (evolved into American football)
- Canadian rules rugby (obsolete) (evolved into Canadian football)
- rugby league, league
- rugby union, RU, union
- rugby sevens, rugby 7s
- rugby tens, rugby 10s, ten-a-side rugby, 10-a-side rugby, ten-a-side, 10-a-side
- rugby fifteens, rugby 15s
Derived termsEdit
- chesterfield rugby
- mini rugby
- quad rugby
- rugby ball
- rugby boot
- rugby boy
- rugby fives
- rugby football
- rugby footballer
- rugby head
- rugby league
- rugby pass
- rugby player
- rugby sevens
- rugby shirt
- rugby tackle
- rugby union
- rugbyesque
- rugbyist
- rugbylike
- rugger
- tag rugby
- touch rugby
- underwater rugby
- wheelchair rugby
DescendantsEdit
- → Afrikaans: rugby
- → Catalan: rugbi
- → Cebuano: rugby
- → Czech: rugby, ragby
- → Danish: rugby
- → Dutch: rugby
- → French: rugby (see there for further descendants)
- → German: Rugby
- → Hindi: रग्बी (ragbī)
- → Irish: rugbaí
- → Italian: rugby
- → Japanese: ラグビー (ragubī)
- → Korean: 럭비 (reokbi)
- → Portuguese: rugby, râguebi, rúgbi
- → Russian: регби (regbi)
- → Serbo-Croatian: rȁgbi, ра̏гби
- → Spanish: rugby
- → Thai: รักบี้ (rák-bîi)
- → Welsh: rygbi
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
rugby (third-person singular simple present rugbies, present participle rugbying, simple past and past participle rugbied)
- (intransitive) To play rugby.
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Genericized trademark from Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.
NounEdit
rugby (plural rugbys)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “rugby, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2019; “rugby1, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further readingEdit
rugby football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - rugby league on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rugby union on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rugby (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
rugby (uncountable)
CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Rugby, (a brand of rubber cement by Bostik).
NounEdit
rugby
- rubber cement, contact cement
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
rugby
- the sport of rugby
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English rugby (sport).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby n (indeclinable)
- rugby [20th c.]
- 2006, Luboš Jeřábek (transl.), Fotbal – velký lexikon[1], Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Fussball-Lexikon by Bernd Rohr and Günter Simon, →ISBN, page 10:
- Ve škole v Rugby zakládá W. W. Ellis hru rugby (zvanou také rugbyfotbal, na rozdíl od pozdějšího asociačního fotbalu), při které je dovoleno hrát i rukama.
- W. W. Ellis invents a game called rugby (or rugby football, in contrast to later founded association football), in which it is allowed to play with hands, at a school in Rugby.
Derived termsEdit
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DutchEdit
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NounEdit
rugby n (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
Derived termsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rugby | rugbyt | |
| genitive | rugbyn | rugbyjen | |
| partitive | rugbya | rugbyja | |
| illative | rugbyyn | rugbyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rugby | rugbyt | |
| accusative | nom. | rugby | rugbyt |
| gen. | rugbyn | ||
| genitive | rugbyn | rugbyjen | |
| partitive | rugbya | rugbyja | |
| inessive | rugbyssa | rugbyissa | |
| elative | rugbysta | rugbyista | |
| illative | rugbyyn | rugbyihin | |
| adessive | rugbylla | rugbyilla | |
| ablative | rugbylta | rugbyilta | |
| allative | rugbylle | rugbyille | |
| essive | rugbyna | rugbyina | |
| translative | rugbyksi | rugbyiksi | |
| instructive | — | rugbyin | |
| abessive | rugbytta | rugbyitta | |
| comitative | — | rugbyineen | |
| Possessive forms of rugby (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rugbyni | rugbymme |
| 2nd person | rugbysi | rugbynne |
| 3rd person | rugbynsa | |
| Inflection of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rugby | rugbyt | |
| genitive | rugbyn | rugbyjen | |
| partitive | rugbyä | rugbyjä | |
| illative | rugbyyn | rugbyihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rugby | rugbyt | |
| accusative | nom. | rugby | rugbyt |
| gen. | rugbyn | ||
| genitive | rugbyn | rugbyjen | |
| partitive | rugbyä | rugbyjä | |
| inessive | rugbyssä | rugbyissä | |
| elative | rugbystä | rugbyistä | |
| illative | rugbyyn | rugbyihin | |
| adessive | rugbyllä | rugbyillä | |
| ablative | rugbyltä | rugbyiltä | |
| allative | rugbylle | rugbyille | |
| essive | rugbynä | rugbyinä | |
| translative | rugbyksi | rugbyiksi | |
| instructive | — | rugbyin | |
| abessive | rugbyttä | rugbyittä | |
| comitative | — | rugbyineen | |
| Possessive forms of rugby (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | rugbyni | rugbymme |
| 2nd person | rugbysi | rugbynne |
| 3rd person | rugbynsä | |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
rugby m (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Russian: ре́гби (régbi) (see there for further descendants)
Further readingEdit
- “rugby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby m (invariable)
- rugby (form of football)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ rugby in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further readingEdit
- rugby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby n (indeclinable)
- rugby (sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby m (uncountable)
Further readingEdit
- “rugby” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- rugbi (rare)
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈraɡbi/ [ˈraɣ̞.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -aɡbi
- IPA(key): /ˈruɡbi/ [ˈruɣ̞.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -uɡbi
- Syllabification: rug‧by
NounEdit
rugby m (plural rugbys)
Usage notesEdit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further readingEdit
- “rugby”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014