horse race

See also: horserace and horse-race

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hô(r)sʹrās, IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)sɹeɪs/

Noun

horse race (plural horse races)

1. A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting
2. An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign).

Translations

a competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跑馬／跑马 (zh) (pǎomǎ), 跑马 (zh) (pǎomǎ), 賽馬／赛马 (zh) (sàimǎ), 赛马 (zh) (sàimǎ)

• Danish: hestevæddeløb
• Dutch: harddraverij (nl)
• Finnish: ratsastuskilpailu
• French: course de chevaux (fr) f
• Galician: carreira de cabalos f
• Georgian: დოღი (ka) (doɣi)
• German: Pferderennen (de) n
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• Hungarian: lóverseny (hu)
• Japanese: 競馬 (ja) (けいば, keiba)
• Korean: 경마 (ko) (競馬, gyeongma)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hesteløp n

  Nynorsk: hesteløp n, hestelaup n

• Russian: ска́чки (ru) f pl (skáčki)
• Swedish: kapplöpning (sv) c

an exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign)

• Finnish: kilpajuoksu (fi)
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• Russian: го́нка (ru) f (gónka)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Icelandic: veðreiðar f pl (only if betting is involved)
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