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racetrack

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R EY1 S T R AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A course over which any type of races are run.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

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: racecourse, raceway, track

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: course

Narrower terms: cinder track, dirt track, racing circuit, circuit, speedway, velodrome

History

Etymology

From race + track.

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَلْبَةُ سِبَاق (ḥalbatu sibāq) — a course over which races are run
  • Arabic: مِضْمار سِبَاق (miḍmār sibāq) — a course over which races are run
  • Belarusian: бегава́я даро́жка (bjehavája daróžka) — a course over which races are run
  • Belarusian: трэк (trek) — a course over which races are run
  • Belarusian: іпадро́м (ipadróm) — a course over which races are run
  • Catalan: circuit de cursa — a course over which races are run
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跑馬場 /跑马场 (pǎomǎchǎng) — a course over which races are run
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跑道 (pǎodào) — a course over which races are run
  • Czech: závodiště — a course over which races are run
  • Danish: racerbane — a course over which races are run
  • Dutch: renbaan — a course over which races are run
  • Dutch: racebaan — a course over which races are run
  • Finnish: kilparata — 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
  • French: (hippodrome) hippodrome — a course over which races are run
  • Galician: pista — a course over which races are run
  • German: Rennbahn — a course over which races are run
  • German: Rennstrecke — a course over which races are run
  • German: Pferderennbahn — a course over which races are run
  • Greek: ιπποδρόμιο (ippodrómio) — a course over which races are run
  • Ancient Greek: δρόμος (drómos) — a course over which races are run
  • Hungarian: lóversenypálya — a course over which races are run
  • Irish: raon rásaí — a course over which races are run
  • Italian: autodromo — a course over which races are run
  • Italian: pista automobilistica — a course over which races are run
  • Italian: ippodromo — a course over which races are run
  • Italian: campo da corse — a course over which races are run
  • Japanese: 競馬場 (keibajō) — a course over which races are run
  • Japanese: レーストラック (rēsutorakku) — a course over which races are run
  • Japanese: 競走路 (kyōsōro) — a course over which races are run
  • Japanese: トラック (torakku) — a course over which races are run
  • Korean: 경마장 (gyeongmajang) — a course over which races are run
  • Korean: 경주로 (gyeongjuro) — a course over which races are run
  • Māori: papa purei hōiho — a course over which races are run
  • Norwegian Bokmål: racerbane — a course over which races are run
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løpebane — a course over which races are run
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: racerbane — a course over which races are run
  • Persian: میدان مسابقه (meydân-e mosâbeqe) — a course over which races are run
  • Polish: tor wyścigowy — a course over which races are run
  • Polish: bieżnia — a course over which races are run
  • Portuguese: pista (de corrida) — 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
  • Russian: ипподро́м (hippodrome) — a course over which races are run
  • Slovene: dirkališče — a course over which races are run
  • Spanish: pista de carreras — a course over which races are run
  • Swedish: racerbana — a course over which races are run
  • Tagalog: karerahan — a course over which races are run
  • Taos: kwìawìpʼį́ęna — a course over which races are run
  • Ukrainian: бігова́ дорі́жка (bihová dorížka) — a course over which races are run
  • Ukrainian: трек (trek) — a course over which races are run
  • Ukrainian: іподро́м (ipodróm) — a course over which races are run
  • Vietnamese: đường đua — a course over which races are run
Real reading context

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