rugby

See also: Rugby

English

rugby

Alternative forms

• Rugby

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌɡbi/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology 1

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.

Noun

rugby (countable and uncountable, plural rugbies)

1. (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.

2. (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.

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

• rugby football, rugger

Hyponyms

• 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 terms

• chesterfield rugby
• quad rugby
• rugby ball
• rugby football
• rugby footballer
• rugby league
• rugby player
• rugby sevens
• rugby union
• rugger
• touch rugby
• wheelchair rugby

 

Translations

a sport where players can hold or kick an ovoid ball

• Afrikaans: rugby (af)
• Arabic: رَجْبِي m (ragbī), رَجْبِي m (rajbī), رَكْبِي m (rakbī), رَغْبِي m (raḡbī)
• Armenian: ռեգբի (hy) (ṙegbi)
• Asturian: rugbi m
• Azerbaijani: reqbi
• Basque: errugbi
• Belarusian: рэ́гбі n (réhbi)
• Bulgarian: ръ́гби m (rǎ́gbi)
• Catalan: rugbi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橄欖球／橄榄球 (zh) (gǎnlǎnqiú), 橄榄球 (zh) (gǎnlǎnqiú)

• Czech: ragby (cs) n, rugby n
• Dutch: rugby (nl) n
• Esperanto: rugbeo (eo)
• Estonian: ragbi
• Finnish: rugby (fi)
• French: rugby (fr) m
• Galician: rugby m
• Georgian: რაგბი (ragbi)
• German: Rugby (de) n
• Greek: ράγκμπι (el) (rágkmpi)
• Hindi: रग्बी (ragbī)
• Hungarian: rögbi (hu)
• Ido: rugbio
• Irish: rugbaí m
• Italian: rugby (it) m
• Japanese: ラグビー (ja) (ragubī)
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• Korean: 럭비 (ko) (reogbi)
• Latvian: regbijs m
• Lithuanian: regbis m
• Macedonian: рагби n (ragbi)
• Malay: ragbi
• Manx: ruggyr m
• Maori: whutupaoro, rakapi, rakapī
• Persian: راگبی (fa) (râgbi)
• Portuguese: rugby (pt) m, râguebi (pt) m (used only in Portugal), rúgbi (pt) m (used only in Brazil)
• Romanian: rugbi (ro) n, rugby (ro) n
• Russian: ре́гби (ru) n (rɛ́gbi)
• Samoan: lakapi
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рагби m

  Roman: ragbi (sh) m, rugby m

• Slovak: ragby n
• Slovene: ragbi m
• Sotho: rakebi
• Spanish: rugby (es) m, rugbi (es) m
• Swahili: raga (sw)
• Tamil: ரக்பி (rakpi)
• Thai: รักบี้ (rák-bîi)
• Tongan: aka pulu
• Turkish: ragbi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ре́гбі n (réhbi)
• Urdu: رگبی (ragbī)
• Vietnamese: bóng bầu dục
• Welsh: rygbi m

See also

• American football
• association football
• Canadian football
• football
• rugby football

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Cebuano rugby, from English Rugby, a brand of rubber cement by Bostik.

Noun

rugby (plural rugbies)

1. (Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.

References

• rugby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “rugby”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Noun

rugby (uncountable)

1. (sports) rugby

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Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Rugby, (a brand of rubber cement by Bostik).

Noun

rugby

1. rubber cement, contact cement

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rugby.

Noun

rugby

1. the sport of rugby

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Czech

Alternative forms

• ragby

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby (sport).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈraɡbɪ/

• Audio (Czech Republic)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rug‧by

Noun

rugby n (indeclinable)

1. 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 terms

• rugbista
• rugbyový

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʏx.bi/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rug‧by

Noun

rugby n (uncountable)

1. rugby (sport)

Derived terms

• rugbybal
• rugbyspeler

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑɡbi/, [ˈrɑ̝ɡbi], IPA^(key): /ˈruɡby/, [ˈruɡby]
• Hyphenation: rug‧by

Noun

rugby

1. (sports) rugby

Declension

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
abessive		rugbytta	rugbyitta
instructive		—	rugbyin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rugbyni rugbyni accusative nom. rugbyni rugbyni gen. rugbyni genitive rugbyni rugbyjeni partitive rugbyani rugbyjani inessive rugbyssani rugbyissani elative rugbystani rugbyistani illative rugbyyni rugbyihini adessive rugbyllani rugbyillani ablative rugbyltani rugbyiltani allative rugbylleni rugbyilleni essive rugbynani rugbyinani translative rugbykseni rugbyikseni abessive rugbyttani rugbyittani instructive — — comitative — rugbyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rugbysi rugbysi accusative nom. rugbysi rugbysi gen. rugbysi genitive rugbysi rugbyjesi partitive rugbyasi rugbyjasi inessive rugbyssasi rugbyissasi elative rugbystasi rugbyistasi illative rugbyysi rugbyihisi adessive rugbyllasi rugbyillasi ablative rugbyltasi rugbyiltasi allative rugbyllesi rugbyillesi essive rugbynasi rugbyinasi translative rugbyksesi rugbyiksesi abessive rugbyttasi rugbyittasi instructive — — comitative — rugbyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rugbymme rugbymme accusative nom. rugbymme rugbymme gen. rugbymme genitive rugbymme rugbyjemme partitive rugbyamme rugbyjamme inessive rugbyssamme rugbyissamme elative rugbystamme rugbyistamme illative rugbyymme rugbyihimme adessive rugbyllamme rugbyillamme ablative rugbyltamme rugbyiltamme allative rugbyllemme rugbyillemme essive rugbynamme rugbyinamme translative rugbyksemme rugbyiksemme abessive rugbyttamme rugbyittamme instructive — — comitative — rugbyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rugbynne rugbynne accusative nom. rugbynne rugbynne gen. rugbynne genitive rugbynne rugbyjenne partitive rugbyanne rugbyjanne inessive rugbyssanne rugbyissanne elative rugbystanne rugbyistanne illative rugbyynne rugbyihinne adessive rugbyllanne rugbyillanne ablative rugbyltanne rugbyiltanne allative rugbyllenne rugbyillenne essive rugbynanne rugbyinanne translative rugbyksenne rugbyiksenne abessive rugbyttanne rugbyittanne instructive — — comitative — rugbyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rugbynsa rugbynsa accusative nom. rugbynsa rugbynsa gen. rugbynsa genitive rugbynsa rugbyjensa partitive rugbyaan rugbyansa rugbyjaan rugbyjansa inessive rugbyssaan rugbyssansa rugbyissaan rugbyissansa elative rugbystaan rugbystansa rugbyistaan rugbyistansa illative rugbyynsa rugbyihinsa adessive rugbyllaan rugbyllansa rugbyillaan rugbyillansa ablative rugbyltaan rugbyltansa rugbyiltaan rugbyiltansa allative rugbylleen rugbyllensa rugbyilleen rugbyillensa essive rugbynaan rugbynansa rugbyinaan rugbyinansa translative rugbykseen rugbyksensa rugbyikseen rugbyiksensa abessive rugbyttaan rugbyttansa rugbyittaan rugbyittansa instructive — — comitative — rugbyineen rugbyinensa

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
abessive		rugbyttä	rugbyittä
instructive		—	rugbyin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rugby (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rugbyni rugbyni accusative nom. rugbyni rugbyni gen. rugbyni genitive rugbyni rugbyjeni partitive rugbyäni rugbyjäni inessive rugbyssäni rugbyissäni elative rugbystäni rugbyistäni illative rugbyyni rugbyihini adessive rugbylläni rugbyilläni ablative rugbyltäni rugbyiltäni allative rugbylleni rugbyilleni essive rugbynäni rugbyinäni translative rugbykseni rugbyikseni abessive rugbyttäni rugbyittäni instructive — — comitative — rugbyineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative rugbysi rugbysi accusative nom. rugbysi rugbysi gen. rugbysi genitive rugbysi rugbyjesi partitive rugbyäsi rugbyjäsi inessive rugbyssäsi rugbyissäsi elative rugbystäsi rugbyistäsi illative rugbyysi rugbyihisi adessive rugbylläsi rugbyilläsi ablative rugbyltäsi rugbyiltäsi allative rugbyllesi rugbyillesi essive rugbynäsi rugbyinäsi translative rugbyksesi rugbyiksesi abessive rugbyttäsi rugbyittäsi instructive — — comitative — rugbyinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rugbymme rugbymme accusative nom. rugbymme rugbymme gen. rugbymme genitive rugbymme rugbyjemme partitive rugbyämme rugbyjämme inessive rugbyssämme rugbyissämme elative rugbystämme rugbyistämme illative rugbyymme rugbyihimme adessive rugbyllämme rugbyillämme ablative rugbyltämme rugbyiltämme allative rugbyllemme rugbyillemme essive rugbynämme rugbyinämme translative rugbyksemme rugbyiksemme abessive rugbyttämme rugbyittämme instructive — — comitative — rugbyinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative rugbynne rugbynne accusative nom. rugbynne rugbynne gen. rugbynne genitive rugbynne rugbyjenne partitive rugbyänne rugbyjänne inessive rugbyssänne rugbyissänne elative rugbystänne rugbyistänne illative rugbyynne rugbyihinne adessive rugbyllänne rugbyillänne ablative rugbyltänne rugbyiltänne allative rugbyllenne rugbyillenne essive rugbynänne rugbyinänne translative rugbyksenne rugbyiksenne abessive rugbyttänne rugbyittänne instructive — — comitative — rugbyinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative rugbynsä rugbynsä accusative nom. rugbynsä rugbynsä gen. rugbynsä genitive rugbynsä rugbyjensä partitive rugbyään rugbyänsä rugbyjään rugbyjänsä inessive rugbyssään rugbyssänsä rugbyissään rugbyissänsä elative rugbystään rugbystänsä rugbyistään rugbyistänsä illative rugbyynsä rugbyihinsä adessive rugbyllään rugbyllänsä rugbyillään rugbyillänsä ablative rugbyltään rugbyltänsä rugbyiltään rugbyiltänsä allative rugbylleen rugbyllensä rugbyilleen rugbyillensä essive rugbynään rugbynänsä rugbyinään rugbyinänsä translative rugbykseen rugbyksensä rugbyikseen rugbyiksensä abessive rugbyttään rugbyttänsä rugbyittään rugbyittänsä instructive — — comitative — rugbyineen rugbyinensä

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁyɡ.bi/, /ʁyd.bi/

• Audio

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Noun

rugby m (uncountable)

1. rugby (sport)

Derived terms

• rugby à quinze
• rugby à treize
• rugbyman
• rugbywoman

Descendants

• → Russian: ре́гби (régbi) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “rugby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Noun

rugby m (uncountable)

1. rugby (form of football)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• râguebi (Portugal)
• rúgbi (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐɡ.bi/

Noun

rugby m (uncountable)

1. rugby

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.

Noun

rugby m (plural rugbys)

1. rugby