derby

See also: Derby

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.bi/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
• 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 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

Descendants

• → German: Derby
• → Portuguese: dérbi
• → Chinese: 德比 (débǐ)

Translations

horse race

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

  Mandarin: 打吡 (zh) (dǎbǐ), 德比 (zh) (débǐ)

• Finnish: hevoskilpailu, ajot (fi) pl
• German: Derby (de) n
• Hungarian: derbi (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: corsa di cavalli f
• Japanese: ダービー (dābī)
• Macedonian: коњичка трка f (konjička trka)
• Portuguese: dérbi (pt) m, páreo (pt) m
• Russian: де́рби (ru) n (dɛ́rbi)
• Spanish: derbi (es) m

any organized race

• Finnish: kilpailu (fi)
• Italian: competizione (it) f, gara (it) f, partita (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: corrida (pt) f, disputa (pt) f
• Spanish: carrera (es)

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

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

Noun

derby n

1. derby

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC

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French

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

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Romanian

Etymology

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

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby.

Noun

derby n

1. local derby

Declension

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