Meanings
plural racetracks · alternative race track
- A course over which any type of races are run.
1 more example
During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit. […] Most of the horse deaths Battuello has identified are based on state records, although a handful are based on news reports or verbal confirmation he received from racetrack officials.
2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe”, in CNNSynonyms: circuit, racecourse
- A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA course over which any type of races are run.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek δρόμος
- δρόμος (drómos)a course over which races are run
Arabic حَلْبَةُ سِبَاق, مِضْمار سِبَاق
- حَلْبَةُ سِبَاق (ḥalbatu sibāq)a course over which races are run
- مِضْمار سِبَاق (miḍmār sibāq)a course over which races are run
Catalan circuit de cursa
- circuit de cursaa course over which races are run
Chinese Mandarin 跑馬場 /跑马场, 跑道
- 跑馬場 /跑马场 (pǎomǎchǎng)a course over which races are run
- 跑道 (pǎodào)a course over which races are run
Czech závodiště
- závodištěa course over which races are run
Danish racerbane
- racerbanea course over which races are run
Dutch renbaan, racebaan
- renbaana course over which races are run
- racebaana course over which races are run
Finnish kilparata
- kilparataa course over which 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) hippodromea course over which races are run
German Rennbahn, Rennstrecke
- Rennbahna course over which races are run
- Rennstreckea course over which races are run
- Pferderennbahna course over which races are run
Greek ιπποδρόμιο
- ιπποδρόμιο (ippodrómio)a course over which races are run
Hungarian lóversenypálya
- lóversenypályaa course over which races are run
Irish raon rásaí
- raon rásaía course over which races are run
Italian autodromo, pista automobilistica
- autodromoa course over which races are run
- pista automobilisticaa course over which races are run
- ippodromoa course over which races are run
- campo da corsea course over which races are run
Japanese 競馬場, レーストラック
- 競馬場 (keibajō)a course over which races are run
- レーストラック (rēsutorakku)a course over which races are run
- 競走路 (kyōsōro)a course over which races are run
- トラック (torakku)a course over which races are run
Korean 경마장, 경주로
- 경마장 (gyeongmajang)a course over which races are run
- 경주로 (gyeongjuro)a course over which races are run
Māori papa purei hōiho
- papa purei hōihoa course over which races are run
Norwegian Bokmål racerbane, løpebane
- racerbanea course over which races are run
- løpebanea course over which races are run
Persian میدان مسابقه
- میدان مسابقه (meydân-e mosâbeqe)a course over which races are run
Polish tor wyścigowy, bieżnia
- tor wyścigowya course over which races are run
- bieżniaa course over which races are run
Portuguese pista (de corrida)
- pista (de corrida)a 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
- ипподро́м (hippodrome)a course over which races are run
Spanish pista de carreras
- pista de carrerasa course over which races are run
Swedish racerbana
- racerbanaa course over which races are run
Tagalog karerahan
- karerahana course over which races are run
Ukrainian бігова́ дорі́жка, трек
- бігова́ дорі́жка (bihová dorížka)a course over which races are run
- трек (trek)a course over which races are run
- іподро́м (ipodróm)a course over which races are run
Vietnamese đường đua
- đường đuaa course over which races are run
Cite this entry
racetrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racetrack
“racetrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/racetrack. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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