Phrase guide

horse racing

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A sport where horses and their jockeys compete to race around a track the fastest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the sport of racing horses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: racing

Narrower terms: thoroughbred racing

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hípica — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Chinese Cantonese: 跑馬 /跑马 (paau2 maa5) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賽馬 /赛马 (sàimǎ) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跑馬 /跑马 (pǎomǎ) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Danish: hestevæddeløb — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Finnish: kilparatsastus — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Finnish: hevosurheilu — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • French: courses de chevaux — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • French: hippisme — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • German: Pferderennsport — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • German: Pferderennen — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Hungarian: lóversenyzés — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Indonesian: balap kuda — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Italian: ippica — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Japanese: 競馬 (keiba) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Luxembourgish: Päerdscourse — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Polish: jeździectwo — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Romanian: hipism — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Romanian: curse de cai — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Russian: ска́чки (skáčki) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Sikkimese: རྟ་རྒྱུགས (rta rgyugs) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Spanish: carreras de caballos — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Spanish: hipismo — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Spanish: hípica — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Swedish: hästkapplöpning — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Swedish: hästsport — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Ukrainian: кінні перегони (kinni perehony) — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest
  • Venetan: ìpica — a sport where horses and their jockeys compete to be fastest