rugby
See also: Rugby
Contents
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
1823: Named after Rugby School in Warwickshire, where William Webb Ellis "with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, first took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game". The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Rocheberie, possibly equivalent to rook + -by.
NounEdit
rugby (countable and uncountable, plural rugbies)
- (usually uncountable) A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past their opponent’s territory or kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
- The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.
- The two rugbies split following a debate about amateurism.
- (countable) A loose fitting shirt with a collar, as worn by rugby players.
- 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: A Novel, 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 Inc →ISBN
- I bought three jogging suits, a pair of Polo sneakers, and two rugbies.
- 2003, B. Lawson Thornton, Misery Loves Company: The Diary of Kerri Mitchell, East River Press →ISBN
Usage notesEdit
Rugby 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 outside the sport's strongholds.
SynonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
- 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
- (obsolete) Canadian rules rugby (now evolved into Canadian football)
- (obsolete) American rules ruby / Harvard rules football (now evolved into American football)
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball
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See alsoEdit
rugby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - American football
- association football
- Canadian football
- football
- rugby football
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Cebuano rugby, from English Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.
NounEdit
rugby (plural rugbys)
- (Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.
AfrikaansEdit
CebuanoEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Rugby, (a brand of rubber cement by Bostik).
NounEdit
rugby
- rubber cement, contact cement
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.
- 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.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- rugby in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- rugby in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rug‧by
NounEdit
rugby n (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
FinnishEdit
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 | |
| 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 | |
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rugby m (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “rugby” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).