racetrack

See also: race track

English

Alternative forms

• race track

Etymology

race +‎ track

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/

Noun

racetrack (plural racetracks)

1. A course over which any type of races are run.
2. A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.

Synonyms

• (a course over which races are run): circuit, racecourse

Hyponyms

• dirt track (for dirt racing), dragstrip (for drag racing), hippodrome (for horse racing), velodrome (for bicycle racing)

Derived terms

• off-track
• racetracker, racetracking
• racetrack table
• trackside

Translations

a course over which races are run

• Arabic: حَلْبَةُ سِبَاق f (ḥalbatu sibāq), مِضْمار سِبَاق m (miḍmār sibāq)
• Belarusian: бегава́я даро́жка f (bjehavája daróžka), трэк m (trek), іпадро́м m (ipadróm) (hippodrome)
• Catalan: circuit de cursa m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跑馬場／跑马场 (zh) (pǎomǎchǎng), 跑道 (zh) (pǎodào)

• Czech: závodiště n
• Danish: racerbane c
• Dutch: renbaan (nl) f, racebaan (nl) f
• Finnish: kilparata (fi)
• French: champ de courses m, piste (fr) f, (hippodrome) hippodrome (fr) m
• Galician: pista (gl) f
• German: Rennbahn (de) f, Rennstrecke (de) f, (for horses) Pferderennbahn (de) f
• Greek: ιπποδρόμιο (el) n (ippodrómio)

  Ancient: δρόμος m (drómos)

• Hungarian: lóversenypálya (hu)
• Irish: raon rásaí m
• Italian: autodromo (it) m, pista automobilistica f, ippodromo (it) m, campo da corse m
• Japanese: 競馬場 (ja) (けいばじょう, keibajō), レーストラック (rēsutorakku), 競走路 (きょうそうろ, kyōsōro), トラック (ja) (torakku)
• Korean: 경마장(競馬場) (ko) (gyeongmajang), 경주로(競走路) (gyeongjuro)
• Maori: papa purei hōiho (for horses)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: (motor sports) racerbane m, løpebane (no) m

  Nynorsk: (motor sports) racerbane m

• Persian: میدان مسابقه (meydân-e mosâbeqe)
• Polish: tor wyścigowy m, bieżnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: pista (de corrida) f
• Russian: бегова́я доро́жка f (begovája doróžka), трек (ru) m (trɛk), (hippodrome) ипподро́м (ru) m (ippodróm)
• Slovene: dirkališče n
• Spanish: circuito (es)
• Swedish: racerbana (sv) c
• Tagalog: karerahan
• Taos: kwìawìpʼį́ęna
• Ukrainian: бігова́ дорі́жка f (bihová dorížka), трек m (trek), іподро́м m (ipodróm) (hippodrome)