hippodrome

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/ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/

noun

A horse racing course.

OriginFrench hippodrome ← Latin hippodromo ← Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos) →
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Meanings

nounhippodrome (plural hippodromes)

plural hippodromes

  1. A horse racing course.
  2. USslanghobbiesA fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
  3. archaicA circus with equestrian performances.
verbhippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)

present singular third person hippodromes · participle present hippodroming · participle past hippodromed · past hippodromed

  1. USespeciallyslangball gamesTo stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*HéHḱus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éḱwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*íkkʷos
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*drem-
  6. Ancient Greekδρόμος (drómos)
  7. Ancient Greekῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)
  8. Latinhippodromo
  9. Frenchhippodrome
  10. Englishhippodrome

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.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος
  • ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos)horse racing course
Arabic مَيْدَان سِبَاق الْخَيْل, مِضْمَار الْخَيْل
  • مَيْدَان سِبَاق الْخَيْل (maydān sibāq al-ḵayl)horse racing course
  • مِضْمَار الْخَيْل (miḍmār al-ḵayl)horse racing course
  • هِيبُودْرُوم (hipodrom)horse racing course
Bulgarian хиподру́м
  • хиподру́м (hipodrúm)horse racing course
Catalan hipòdrom
  • hipòdromhorse racing course
Chinese Mandarin 賽馬場 /赛马场, 競技場 /竞技场
  • 賽馬場 /赛马场 (sàimǎchǎng)horse racing course
  • 競技場 /竞技场 (jìngjìchǎng)horse racing course
Czech hippodrom
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Danish hippodrom
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Dutch renbaan, hippodroom
  • renbaanhorse racing course
  • hippodroomhorse racing course
Esperanto hipodromo
  • hipodromohorse racing course
Estonian hipodroom
  • hipodroomhorse racing course
Finnish hippodromi, ravirata
  • hippodromihorse racing course
  • raviratahorse racing course
  • laukkaratahorse racing course
French hippodrome
  • hippodromehorse racing course
German Hippodrom, Pferderennbahn
  • Hippodromhorse racing course
  • Pferderennbahnhorse racing course
Greek ιπποδρόμιο
  • ιπποδρόμιο (ippodrómio)horse racing course
Hebrew הִיפּוֹדְרוֹם
  • הִיפּוֹדְרוֹם (hipodróm)horse racing course
Hindi घुड़दौड़ का मैदान
  • घुड़दौड़ का मैदान (ghuṛdauṛ kā maidān)horse racing course
Hungarian lóversenypálya, hippodrom
  • lóversenypályahorse racing course
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Indonesian hipodrom, pacuan kuda
  • hipodromhorse racing course
  • pacuan kudahorse racing course
Italian ippodromo
  • ippodromohorse racing course
Japanese 競馬場
  • 競馬場 (keibajō)horse racing course
Korean 경마장
  • 경마장 (gyeongmajang)horse racing course
Latvian hipodroms
  • hipodromshorse racing course
Lithuanian hipodromas
  • hipodromashorse racing course
Malay hippodrom
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Norwegian Bokmål hippodrom
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Persian اسپریس, هیپودروم
  • اسپریس (aspris)horse racing course
  • هیپودروم (hipodrôm)horse racing course
  • کرند (korand)horse racing course
Polish hipodrom
  • hipodromhorse racing course
Portuguese hipódromo
  • hipódromohorse racing course
Romanian hipodrom
  • hipodromhorse racing course
Russian ипподро́м
  • ипподро́м (ippodróm)horse racing course
Slovak hipodróm
  • hipodrómhorse racing course
Spanish hipódromo, almidana
  • hipódromohorse racing course
  • almidanahorse racing course
Swedish galoppbana, hippodrom
  • galoppbanahorse racing course
  • hippodromhorse racing course
Tagalog ipodromo
  • ipodromohorse racing course
Thai ฮิปโปโดรม
  • ฮิปโปโดรมhorse racing course
Turkish hipodrom
  • hipodromhorse racing course
Ukrainian іподро́м
  • іподро́м (ipodróm)horse racing course
Urdu گھڑ دوڑ کا میدان, ہپوڈروم
  • گھڑ دوڑ کا میدان (ghuṛ-dauṛ kā maidān)horse racing course
  • ہپوڈروم (hipoḍrom)horse racing course
Vietnamese trường đua ngựa
  • trường đua ngựahorse racing course
Cite this entry
APA

hippodrome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippodrome

MLA

“hippodrome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippodrome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hippodrome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippodrome.

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