Meanings
nounracecourse (plural racecourses)
plural racecourses
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKA racetrack where horse races are run.
By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...].
1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian писта, хиподрум
- писта (pista)a course over which races are run
- хиподрум (hipodrum)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Catalan pista, hipòdrom
- pistaa course over which races are run
- hipòdrom(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Chinese Mandarin 跑道, 跑馬場 /跑马场
- 跑道 (pǎodào)a course over which races are run
- 跑馬場 /跑马场 (pǎomǎchǎng)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Danish væddeløbsbane
- væddeløbsbane(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Esperanto kurejo, kurejo
- kurejoa course over which races are run
- kurejo(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
French champ de courses, piste
- champ de coursesa course over which races are run
- pistea course over which races are run
- hippodrome(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
German Rennstrecke, Rennbahn
- Rennstreckea course over which races are run
- Rennbahn(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Pferderennbahn(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Greek στάδιο δρόμου, ιπποδρόμιο
- στάδιο δρόμου (stádio drómou)a course over which races are run
- ιπποδρόμιο (ippodrómio)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Hungarian lóversenypálya
- lóversenypálya(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Italian pista
- pistaa course over which races are run
Japanese 競馬場
- 競馬場 (keibajō)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Latin curriculum
- curriculuma course over which races are run
Māori papa purei, papa purei hōiho
- papa pureia course over which races are run
- papa purei hōiho(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Norwegian Bokmål galoppbane
- galoppbane(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Polish tor wyścigowy, tor do wyścigów konnych
- tor wyścigowya course over which races are run
- tor do wyścigów konnych(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Portuguese pista
- pistaa course over which races are run
Russian бегова́я доро́жка, трек
- бегова́я доро́жка (begovája doróžka)a course over which races are run
- трек (trɛk)a course over which races are run
- скаково́й круг (skakovój krug)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- ипподро́м (ippodróm)(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Spanish pista
- pistaa course over which races are run
Swahili kapplöpningsbana
- kapplöpningsbana(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
Turkish pist, yarışlık
- pista course over which races are run
- yarışlıka course over which races are run
- yarış pistia course over which races are run
Cite this entry
APA
racecourse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racecourse
MLA
“racecourse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racecourse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “racecourse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racecourse.
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