rugbyとは

別の表記

• Rugby

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌɡbi/

語源 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.

名詞

rugby (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 rugbies)

1. (usually uncountable) A sport where 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.

使用する際の注意点

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.

同意語

• rugby football, rugger

下位語

• 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
• (廃れた用法) Canadian rules rugby (now evolved into カナダ用法 football)
• (廃れた用法) American rules ruby / Harvard rules football (now evolved into 米国用法 football)

派生語

参考

• rugby on Wikipedia.

語源 2

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

名詞

rugby (複数形 rugbys)

1. (Philippines) Rubber cement, contact cement.