derby

See also: Derby

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdɑː.bi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɝ.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi

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:
      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:
      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

Descendants
Descendants
  • → German: Derby
  • → Spanish: derbi
  • → Hungarian: derbi
  • → Japanese: ダービー (dābī)
  • → Polish: derby
  • → Portuguese: dérbi
  • → Russian: де́рби (dérbi)
  • → Chinese: 德比 (débǐ)

Translations
bowler hat — see bowler hat
local derby — see local derby

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

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, 1935–1957

French

Etymology

English derby.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɛʁ.bi/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

derby m (plural derbys)

  1. derby (horse race)
  2. derby (local derby)

Further reading

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.bɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrbɨ
  • 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
noun

Further reading
  • derby in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • derby in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English derby or French derby.

Noun

derby n (plural derby-uri)

  1. derby (horse race)
  2. local derby

Declension
Declension of derby
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) derby derbyul (niște) derby-uri derby-urile
genitive/dative (unui) derby derbyului (unor) 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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative derby derbyt derbyn derbyna
Genitive derbys derbyts derbyns derbynas

Derived terms
  • derbyförlust
  • derbymatch
  • derbyseger
  • derbysegrare
  • derbyvinnare

References
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