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racecourse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From race + course.

Meanings

1. A course over which races are run.
   • At one point they made a racecourse around the Sepulchre and some, almost in a state of nudity, danced about with frantic gestures, yelling and screaming as if possessed, 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 393:
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK) A racetrack where horse races are run.
   • By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...]. 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:

Forms

Translations (38)

fr hippodrome ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · mi papa purei (a course over which races are run) · it pista (a course over which races are run) · bg писта (a course over which races are run) · nb galoppbane ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · cmn 跑馬場 /跑马场 ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · pl tor wyścigowy (a course over which races are run) · tr yarış pisti (a course over which races are run) · eo kurejo (a course over which races are run) · ca pista (a course over which races are run) · ru трек (a course over which races are run) · de Pferderennbahn ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · sw kapplöpningsbana ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · hu lóversenypálya ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · el στάδιο δρόμου (a course over which races are run) · fr champ de courses (a course over which races are run) · ru бегова́я доро́жка (a course over which races are run) · eo kurejo ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · fr piste (a course over which races are run) · gl hipódromo ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · ca hipòdrom ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · da væddeløbsbane ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · ru ипподро́м ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · tr pist (a course over which races are run) · de Rennbahn ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · tr yarışlık (a course over which races are run) · de Rennstrecke (a course over which races are run) · mi papa purei hōiho ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · nn galoppbane ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · ru скаково́й круг ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · el ιπποδρόμιο ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · ja 競馬場 ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · bg хиподрум ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · cmn 跑道 (a course over which races are run) · pl tor do wyścigów konnych ((UK) a racetrack where horse races are run) · pt pista (a course over which races are run) · es pista (a course over which races are run) · la curriculum (a course over which races are run)