-drome
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).
Suffix
-drome
- (literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -drome
Translations
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French
Etymology
Extracted from hippodrome.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʁɔm/
Suffix
-drome m (plural -dromes)
- -drome
- vaccin (“vaccine”) + -o- + -drome → vaccinodrome (“mass vaccination center”)
- samba (“samba”) + -o- + -drome → sambodrome (“sambadrome, Brazilian exhibition center for samba dancing”)
Derived terms
French terms suffixed with -drome
Further reading
- “-drome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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