Английский Этимологический словарь - rugby
Связанные словари
Rugby
rugby
- 1864, after Rugby, public school where the game was played, from city of Rugby in Warwickshire, central England. Slang rugger is from 1893. The place name is Rocheberie (1086) "fortified place of a man called *Hroca", second element from O.E. burh (dat. byrig), replaced by 13c. with O.N. -by "village." First element perhaps rather O.E. hroc "rook."
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Rugby or rugby football is a game played by two teams using an oval ball. Players try to score points by carrying the ball to their opponents’ end of the field, or by kicking it over a bar fixed between two posts. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Rugby School, Rugby, England Date: 1864 a football game in which play is continuous without time-outs or substitutions, interference and forward passing are not permitted, and kicking, dribbling, lateral passing, and tackling are featured RUGBY geographical name town central England in Warwickshire on the Avon population 83,400 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. (in full Rugby football) a team game played with an oval ball that may be kicked, carried, and passed from hand to hand. Phrases and idioms Rugby League partly professional Rugby football with teams of 13. Rugby Union amateur Rugby football with teams of 15. Etymology: Rugby School in S. England, where it was first played ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. (часто R.) спорт. регби (также rugby football) R. League —- регбийная лига, лига регби ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 3713 | |
2 | 3344 | |
3 | 3132 | |
4 | 2933 | |
5 | 2000 | |
6 | 1874 | |
7 | 1853 | |
8 | 1829 | |
9 | 1766 | |
10 | 1628 | |
11 | 1585 | |
12 | 1303 | |
13 | 1258 | |
14 | 1225 | |
15 | 1146 | |
16 | 1134 | |
17 | 1121 | |
18 | 1098 | |
19 | 1082 | |
20 | 1055 |