hippodrome
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- + -drome.
Pronunciation
Noun
hippodrome (plural hippodromes)
- A horse racing course.
- (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
- (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.
Translations
horse racing course
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Verb
hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)
See also
French
Etymology
From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- + -drome.
Pronunciation
Noun
hippodrome m (plural hippodromes)
- a hippodrome, racecourse, a circuit for equestrian sport
See also
Further reading
- “hippodrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) hippodrome
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