derby

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑː.bi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdäː.bi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɝ.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
• Hyphenation: der‧by

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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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.

• derby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• derby (horse race) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Bryde, DBEYR

Borrowed from English derby

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɛrbɪ]
• Hyphenation: der‧by

derby n

1. derby

• “derby”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “derby”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “derby”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

English derby.

• IPA^(key): /dɛʁ.bi/

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derby m (plural derbys)

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

• “derby”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Unadapted borrowing from English derby.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.bi/
• Rhymes: -ɛrbi
• Hyphenation: dèr‧by

derby m (invariable)

1. derby (horse race; sports event between local rivals)

Borrowed from English derby.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛr.bɘ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrbɘ
• Syllabification: der‧by

derby n (indeclinable)

1. (horse racing) derby (horse race)

derby nvir pl

1. (sports) derby, local derby

• “derby”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “derby”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Borrowed from English derby or French derby.

derby n (plural derby-uri)

1. derby (horse race)
2. local derby

Borrowed from English derby.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdærbʏ/

derby n

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

• derbyförlust
• derbymatch
• derbyseger
• derbysegrare
• derbyvinnare

• “derby”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “derby”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)