Meanings
comparative more hippic · superlative most hippic
- Relating to horses or horse-riding.
Synonyms: equine, horselike, horsely, horsen, horsey, horsy, equestrian
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eḱ-“horse; swift (?)”
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos“horse; stallion”
- Ancient Greekἱππικός“relating to horses or horse-riding”
- Englishhippic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἱππικός (hippikós, “relating to horses or horse-riding”) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns). Ἱππικός is derived from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse; stallion”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“horse; swift (?)”)) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).
More words from Ancient Greek, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan hípic, hípic
- hípicrelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
- hípicrelating to horse racing
Dutch hippisch
- hippischrelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
French hippique, équin
- hippiquerelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
- équinrelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
- hippiquerelating to horse racing
Italian ippico, ippico
- ippicorelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
- ippicorelating to horse racing
Polish hippiczny
- hippicznyrelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
Spanish hípico, hípico
- hípicorelating to horses or horse-riding — see also equine
- hípicorelating to horse racing
Cite this entry
hippic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippic
“hippic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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