râguebi
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English rugby.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Portugal) /ˈʀej.ɡɨ.bi/[4], (Lisbon) /ˈʀɐj.ɡɨ.bi/, (Portugal, prescribed) /ˈʀɐ.ɡɨ.bi/
- Hyphenation: râ‧gue‧bi
Noun
[edit]râguebi m (uncountable)
- European Portuguese spelling of rugby
References
[edit]- ^ “râguebi”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “râguebi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ciberdúvidas: "Ainda o termo "rugby" (desporto)"
- ^ 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]