ippodromo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (híppos, “horse”) +‎ δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, ippo- +‎ -dromo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ipˈpɔ.dro.mo/, (deprecated) /ip.poˈdrɔ.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔdromo, (deprecated) -ɔmo
  • Hyphenation: ip‧pò‧dro‧mo, (deprecated) ip‧po‧drò‧mo

Noun

ippodromo m (plural ippodromi)

  1. racecourse, racetrack, hippodrome (course on which horse racing is held)

Derived terms
  • ippodromico

Further reading
  • ippodromo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • ippodromo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • ippodromo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • ippodromo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • ippòdromo, ippodròmo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • ippòdromo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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