hippodrome
/ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/
hippodrome noun: a horse racing course.
Noun
hippodrome (plural hippodromes)
- A horse racing course.
- A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
- A circus with equestrian performances.
Verb
hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)
- To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
hippodrome meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog
hippodrome in Hindi
- horse racing course
- घुड़दौड़ का मैदान ghuṛdauṛ kā maidān
hippodrome in Tamil
- திருமுற்றம்
hippodrome in Urdu
- horse racing course
- گھڑ دوڑ کا میدان ghuṛ-dauṛ kā maidān, ہپوڈروم hipoḍrom
hippodrome in Tagalog
- horse racing course
- ipodromo
More languagesFewer languages
- hippodrome in Arabic
- مَيْدَان سِبَاق الْخَيْل maydān sibāq al-ḵayl, مِضْمَار الْخَيْل miḍmār al-ḵayl, هِيبُودْرُوم hipodrom
- hippodrome in Malay
- hippodrom
- hippodrome in Indonesian
- hipodrom, pacuan kuda
- hippodrome in Persian
- اسپریس aspris, هیپودروم hipodrôm, کرند korand
- hippodrome in Thai
- ฮิปโปโดรม
- hippodrome in Vietnamese
- trường đua ngựa
Forms of hippodrome
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hippodromes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hippodromes |
| present participle | hippodroming |
| past participle | hippodromed |
| past | hippodromed |
Origin of hippodrome
Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome.
Words formed from hippodrome
Questions about hippodrome
- What does hippodrome mean?
- Hippodrome means a horse racing course.
- What is hippodrome in Hindi?
- Hippodrome in Hindi is घुड़दौड़ का मैदान (ghuṛdauṛ kā maidān). See Hippodrome meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hippodrome?
- Hippodrome can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hippodrome?
- Hippodrome is pronounced /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/.
- What is the plural of hippodrome?
- The plural of hippodrome is hippodromes.
Words near hippodrome in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hippodrome (page history and authors); hippodrome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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