hippodrome

Borrowed from French hippodrome, from Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +‎ -drome.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/

hippodrome (plural hippodromes)

1. A horse racing course.
2. (US, slang, sports) A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner.
3. (archaic) A circus with equestrian performances.

hippodrome (third-person singular simple present hippodromes, present participle hippodroming, simple past and past participle hippodromed)

1. (US, slang, sports, especially baseball) To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.

• Hippodrome (disambiguation) on the English Wikipedia. English Wikipedia
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• -drome

From Latin hippodromos, from Ancient Greek ἱππόδρομος (hippódromos), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”); synchronically, hippo- +‎ -drome.

hippodrome m (plural hippodromes)

1. a hippodrome, a circuit for equestrian sport

• hippo-
• -drome

• “hippodrome” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

hippodrome

1. vocative singular of hippodromos