Meanings
suffix
- literaryForms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*drem-
- Ancient Greekδρόμος (drómos)
- English-drome
Derived from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans -droom
- -droomsuffix
Ancient Greek -δρομος
- -δρομος (-dromos)suffix
Basque -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Bulgarian -дру́м
- -дру́м (-drúm)suffix
Catalan -drom, -droma
- -dromsuffix
- -dromasuffix
Czech -drom
- -dromsuffix
Danish -drom
- -dromsuffix
Dutch -droom
- -droomsuffix
Esperanto -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Estonian -droom
- -droomsuffix
Finnish -dromi
- -dromisuffix
French -drome
- -dromesuffix
German -drom
- -dromsuffix
Greek -δρόμιο
- -δρόμιο (-drómio)suffix
Hebrew ־דְרוֹם
- ־דְרוֹם (-dróm)suffix
Hungarian -drom, -dróma
- -dromsuffix
- -drómasuffix
Indonesian -drom
- -dromsuffix
Italian -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Latvian -droms
- -dromssuffix
Lithuanian -dromas
- -dromassuffix
Malay -drom
- -dromsuffix
Norwegian Bokmål -drom
- -dromsuffix
Polish -drom
- -dromsuffix
Portuguese -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Romanian -drom, -дром
- -dromsuffix
- -дром (-drom)suffix
Russian -дро́м
- -дро́м (-dróm)suffix
Slovak -dróm
- -drómsuffix
Spanish -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Swedish -drom
- -dromsuffix
Tagalog -dromo
- -dromosuffix
Turkish -drom
- -dromsuffix
Ukrainian -дро́м
- -дро́м (-dróm)suffix
Yiddish ־דראָם
- ־דראָם (-drom)suffix
Cite this entry
APA
-drome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-drome
MLA
“-drome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-drome. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-drome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-drome.
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