noun
Meaning 1
A horse that competes in races.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
racehorse
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Any member of certain species of genus Congiopodus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: horsefish, pigfish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a horse bred for racing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: race horse, bangtail
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: horse, Equus caballus
Narrower terms: thoroughbred, pony, yearling, two-year-old horse, two year old, three-year-old horse, three year old, dark horse, mudder, nonstarter, pacer, pacemaker, pacesetter, trotting horse, trotter
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1reh1s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h1wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse English racehorse From race + horse.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: състезателен кон (sǎstezatelen kon) — horse that competes in races
- Chinese Mandarin: 賽馬 /赛马 (sàimǎ) — horse that competes in races
- Czech: závodní kůň — horse that competes in races
- Dutch: renpaard — horse that competes in races
- Finnish: kilpahevonen — horse that competes in races
- French: cheval de course — horse that competes in races
- Galician: cabalo de carreiras — horse that competes in races
- German: Rennpferd — horse that competes in races
- Ancient Greek: κέλης (kélēs) — horse that competes in races
- Hungarian: versenyló — horse that competes in races
- Indonesian: kuda pacu — horse that competes in races
- Irish: capall rása — horse that competes in races
- Italian: cavallo da corsa — horse that competes in races
- Japanese: 競走馬 (kyōsōba) — horse that competes in races
- Malay: kuda lumba — horse that competes in races
- Māori: hōiho reihi — horse that competes in races
- Māori: hoiho purei — horse that competes in races
- Polish: koń wyścigowy — horse that competes in races
- Portuguese: cavalo de corrida — horse that competes in races
- Romanian: cal de curse — horse that competes in races
- Romanian: cai de curse — horse that competes in races
- Russian: скакова́я ло́шадь (skakovája lóšadʹ) — horse that competes in races
- Russian: бегова́я ло́шадь (begovája lóšadʹ) — horse that competes in races
- Russian: скаку́н (skakún) — horse that competes in races
- Sundanese: kuda adu — horse that competes in races
- Swedish: tävlingshäst — horse that competes in races
- Tagalog: kabayong pangarera — horse that competes in races
- Turkish: yarış atı — horse that competes in races
- Ukrainian: перего́новий кінь (perehónovyj kinʹ) — horse that competes in races
Real reading context