râguebi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English rugby.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Portugal) /ˈʀej.ɡɨ.bi/[4], (Lisbon) /ˈʀɐj.ɡɨ.bi/, (Portugal, prescribed) /ˈʀɐ.ɡɨ.bi/
  • Hyphenation: râ‧gue‧bi

Noun

râguebi m (uncountable)

  1. European Portuguese spelling of rugby

References
  1. “râguebi” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “râguebi” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  3. Ciberdúvidas: "Ainda o termo "rugby" (desporto)"
  4. Likely the adaptation of the word into European Portuguese was interpreted as still an English word, thus the pronunciation of "a" as "ej" rather than "ɐ".[3]
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