rugby

A2 Topic:Verbs of Movement

US /ˈrʌgbi/ UK /ˈɹʌɡbi/ See IPA manual

Freq #12368

Meanings

1

noun
A team sport played with an oval ball that players can carry, kick, and pass backwards.

He plays rugby for his school every Saturday.
2

name
A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport is said to have begun.

The game takes its name from the town of Rugby.

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1 noun · a team sport played with an... rugby footballrugger

Word family

Derived forms nonrugbyrugbyesquerugbyistrugbylikerugger

Etymology

From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”).

Rokebi Middle English bi Middle English býr Old Norse Rocheberie Old English *Hrōceburh Old English

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# rugby

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** /ˈrʌgbi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹʌɡbi/
**Frequency rank:** 12368

## Meanings
1. A team sport played with an oval ball that players can carry, kick, and pass backwards.
2. A town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport is said to have begun.

## Examples
- He plays rugby for his school every Saturday.
- The game takes its name from the town of Rugby.

## Derived Forms
- nonrugby
- rugbyesque
- rugbyist
- rugbylike
- rugger

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: Rokebi
- Root: bi
- Root: býr
- Root: Rocheberie
- Root: *Hrōceburh

## Etymology
From earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”).

## AI Etymology
Rugby comes from earlier Rokeby (rook + -by), from Middle English Rokebi, an alteration (using the Middle English bi (“village, town”), from Old Norse býr (“town, settlement”)) of Old English Rocheberie, possibly from earlier Old English *Hrōceburh (literally “rook-fort, Rookbury”). Modern senses include a team sport played with an oval ball that players can carry, kick, and pass backwards. and a town in Warwickshire, England, where the sport is said to have begun.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonrugby, rugbyesque, rugbyist, rugbylike, and rugger.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement
- Sports & Fitness

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