rugby
English
/ˈɹʌɡbi/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) 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.
- (countable) A loose fitting shirt with a collar, as worn by rugby players.
Etymology
Suffix from English rook (a cheat).
Origin
English
rook
Gloss
a cheat
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonrugby English
- rook English
- rooker English
- rookery English
- rookie English
- rookless English
- rooklike English
- rooky English
- rugby sevens English
- rugbyist English
- rugbylike English
- rugger English
- seven English
- Rugby German
- rugby Italian
- rugby Dutch, Flemish
- rugby French
- rugbywoman French
- регби Russian
- rugby Spanish, Castilian
- rugby Portuguese
- ラグビー Japanese
- rugby Polish
- rok Middle English
- rugbaí Irish
- ragby Czech
- rugby Czech
- ragbi Serbo-Croatian
- рагби Serbo-Croatian
- rugbi Catalan, Valencian
- रग्बी Hindi
- รักบี้ Thai
- ragbi Cebuano
- rygbi Welsh
- rugby Afrikaans
- 럭비 Korean
- 룩 Korean
- ragbi Tok Pisin
- regbi Crimean Tatar