noun
Meaning 1
A course over which races are run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
racecourse
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noun
Meaning 2
A racetrack where horse races are run.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a course over which races are run
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: racetrack, raceway, track
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: course
Narrower terms: cinder track, dirt track, racing circuit, circuit, speedway, velodrome
History
Etymology
From race + course.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: писта (pista) — a course over which races are run
- Catalan: pista — a course over which races are run
- Chinese Mandarin: 跑道 (pǎodào) — a course over which races are run
- Esperanto: kurejo — a course over which races are run
- French: champ de courses — a course over which races are run
- French: piste — a course over which races are run
- German: Rennstrecke — a course over which races are run
- Greek: στάδιο δρόμου (stádio drómou) — a course over which races are run
- Italian: pista — a course over which races are run
- Latin: curriculum — a course over which races are run
- Māori: papa purei — a course over which races are run
- Polish: tor wyścigowy — a course over which races are run
- Portuguese: pista — a course over which races are run
- Russian: бегова́я доро́жка (begovája doróžka) — a course over which races are run
- Russian: трек (trɛk) — a course over which races are run
- Spanish: pista — a course over which races are run
- Turkish: pist — a course over which races are run
- Turkish: yarışlık — a course over which races are run
- Turkish: yarış pisti — a course over which races are run
- Bulgarian: хиподрум (hipodrum) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Catalan: hipòdrom — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Chinese Mandarin: 跑馬場 /跑马场 (pǎomǎchǎng) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Danish: væddeløbsbane — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Esperanto: kurejo — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- French: hippodrome — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Galician: hipódromo — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- German: Rennbahn — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- German: Pferderennbahn — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Greek: ιπποδρόμιο (ippodrómio) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Hungarian: lóversenypálya — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Japanese: 競馬場 (keibajō) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Māori: papa purei hōiho — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Norwegian Bokmål: galoppbane — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Norwegian Nynorsk: galoppbane — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Polish: tor do wyścigów konnych — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Russian: скаково́й круг (skakovój krug) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Russian: ипподро́м (ippodróm) — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
- Swahili: kapplöpningsbana — (UK) a racetrack where horse races are run
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