derby

See also: Derby

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.bi/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈdäː.bi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
• Hyphenation: der‧by

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], archived from the original on 1 February 2012:

     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], archived from the original on 13 October 2026:

     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
• derbied
• derby dog
• diaper derby
• duck derby
• local derby
• merby
• roller derby
• tar derby
• tin derby
• trench derby

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: دَرْبِي (darbī), الدَّرْبِي (ad-darbī)
• → Cantonese: 打吡 (daa² bei²), 打比 (daa² bei²)
• → Catalan: derbi
• → Cebuano: derbi
• → Czech: derby
• → Dutch: derby
• → French: derby
• → German: Derby
• → Hebrew: דֶּרְבִּי (dérbi)
• → Hungarian: derbi
• → Indonesian: derbi
• → Italian: derby
• → Japanese: ダービー (dābī)
• → Lao: ເດີຣບີ (dœ̄n bī)
• → Mandarin: 德比 (débǐ)
• → Macedonian: де́рби (dérbi)
• → Persian: دربی (derbi)
• → Polish: derby
• → Portuguese: dérbi
• → Romanian: derby
• → Russian: де́рби (dérbi)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: де̏рби
  • Latin script: dȅrbi
• → Spanish: derbi
• → Swahili: debi
• → Swedish: derby
• → Thai: ดาร์บี้ (daa-bîi)
• → Turkish: derbi
• → Ukrainian: де́рбі (dérbi)

Translations

horse race

• Bulgarian: конно надбягване (konno nadbjagvane)
• Catalan: derbi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 打吡 (daa² bei²)

  Mandarin: 德比 (zh) (débǐ)

• Czech: dostih (cs)
• Finnish: hevoskilpailu, ajot (fi) pl
• German: Derby (de) n
• Hungarian: derbi (hu)
• Indonesian: balap kuda, derbi
• Italian: corsa di cavalli f
• Japanese: ダービー (ja) (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)
• Indonesian: balapan (id), pertandingan (id)
• Italian: competizione (it) f, gara (it) f, partita (it) f
• Lao: ເດີຣບີ (dœ̄n bī)
• Polish: derby (pl) nvir pl
• 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

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby.

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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “derby”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “derby”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

French

Etymology

English derby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛʁ.bi/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Agen)):

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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.bɘ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrbɘ
• 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^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “derby”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

English derbybor.

English derbybor.

French derbybor.

Romanian derby

Borrowed from English derby or French derby.

Noun

derby n (plural derby-uri)

1. derby (horse race)
2. local derby

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	derby	derbyul	derby-uri	derby-urile
genitive-dative	derby	derbyului	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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	derby	derbys
	definite	derbyt	derbyts
plural	indefinite	derbyn	derbyns
	definite	derbyna	derbynas

Derived terms

• derbyförlust
• derbymatch
• derbyseger
• derbysegrare
• derbyvinnare

References

• “derby”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “derby”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)