hippodrome

Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- +‎ -drome.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/

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hippodrome (plural hippodromes)

1. A horse racing course.

   Hypernyms: racecourse, racetrack

2. (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
3. (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.

hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)

1. (US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.

• hippodrome (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hippo-
• -drome

Learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”). By surface analysis, hippo- +‎ -drome.

• IPA^(key): /i.pɔ.dʁɔm/, /i.pɔ.dʁom/

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hippodrome m (plural hippodromes)

1. hippodrome, racecourse, circuit for equestrian sport

• → Turkish: hipodrom

• “hippodrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• hippobrome

hippodrome

1. vocative singular of hippodromos