hippodrome
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]hippodrome (plural hippodromes)
- A horse racing course.
- Hypernyms: racecourse, racetrack
- (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
- (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
Translations
[edit]horse racing course
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Verb
[edit]hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)
See also
[edit]hippodrome (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- hippo-
- -drome
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hippodrome m (plural hippodromes)
- hippodrome, racecourse, circuit for equestrian sport
Descendants
[edit]- → Turkish: hipodrom
Further reading
[edit]- “hippodrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Paronyms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]hippodrome
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