rugby
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹʌɡbi/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: rug‧by
Etymology 1 edit
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”)).
Noun edit
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 notes edit
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 forms edit
- Rugby (archaic)
Hyponyms edit
- 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 terms edit
Descendants edit
- → 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
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Verb edit
rugby (third-person singular simple present rugbies, present participle rugbying, simple past and past participle rugbied)
- (intransitive) To play rugby.
Translations edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Genericized trademark from Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.
Noun edit
rugby (plural rugbys)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “rugby, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2019; “rugby1, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- rugby football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rugby league on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rugby union on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- rugby (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
rugby (uncountable)
Cebuano edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Rugby, (a brand of rubber cement by Bostik).
Noun edit
rugby
- rubber cement, contact cement
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
rugby
- the sport of rugby
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English rugby (sport).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
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rugby n (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
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Finnish edit
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rugby
Declension edit
Inflection of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | rugbytta | rugbyitta | ||
instructive | — | rugbyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inflection of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | rugbyttä | rugbyittä | ||
instructive | — | rugbyin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “rugby”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from English rugby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rugby m (uncountable)
- rugby (sport)
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Descendants edit
- → Russian: ре́гби (régbi) (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “rugby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby. For the /ɛ/ compare club.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rugby m (invariable)
- rugby (form of football)
References edit
- ^ rugby in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- rugby in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rugby n (indeclinable)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
rugby m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English rugby.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈraɡbi/ [ˈraɣ̞.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -aɡbi
- IPA(key): /ˈruɡbi/ [ˈruɣ̞.β̞i]
- Rhymes: -uɡbi
- Syllabification: rug‧by
Noun edit
rugby m (plural rugbys)
Usage notes edit
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 reading edit
- “rugby”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014