racecourse

English

Etymology

race +‎ course

Pronunciation

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Noun

racecourse (plural racecourses)

A course over which races are run.
(British, Australia) A racetrack where horse races are run.
- 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:
  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—[...].

Translations

a course over which races are run

Bulgarian: писта (bg) f (pista)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 跑道 (zh) (pǎodào)
Esperanto: kurejo
French: champ de courses m, piste (fr) f
German: Rennstrecke (de) f
Greek: στάδιο δρόμου n (stádio drómou)
Latin: curriculum n
Maori: papa purei
Russian: бегова́я доро́жка f (begovája doróžka), трек (ru) m (trɛk)
Turkish: pist (tr), yarışlık (tr), yarış pisti

(UK) a racetrack where horse races are run

Bulgarian: хиподрум m (hipodrum)
Catalan: hipòdrom (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 跑馬場／跑马场 (zh) (pǎomǎchǎng)
Danish: væddeløbsbane
Esperanto: kurejo
French: hippodrome (fr) m
Galician: hipódromo (gl) m
German: Rennbahn (de) f, Pferderennbahn (de) f
Greek: ιπποδρόμιο (el) n (ippodrómio)
Hungarian: lóversenypálya (hu)
Japanese: 競馬場 (ja) (けいばじょう, keibajō)
Maori: papa purei hōiho
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galoppbane m

Nynorsk: galoppbane m or f
Russian: скаково́й круг m (skakovój krug), ипподро́м (ru) m (ippodróm)
Swahili: kapplöpningsbana

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