-drome

See also: drome, Drôme, and 'drome

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).

Suffix

-drome

1. (literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -drome

Related terms

• dromos, dromus

Translations

suffix

• Catalan: -drom (ca) m, -droma f
• French: -drome (fr) m
• Galician: -dromo m
• Hungarian: -drom, -dróma
• Italian: -dromo (it) m
• Polish: -drom (pl) m
• Portuguese: -dromo m
• Spanish: -dromo m

Anagrams

• Domer, dermo, dermo-, moder, mored

French

Etymology

Extracted from hippodrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔm/

Suffix

-drome m (plural -dromes)

1. -drome

   ‎vaccin (“vaccine”) + ‎-o- + ‎-drome → ‎vaccinodrome (“mass vaccination center”)

   ‎samba (“samba”) + ‎-o- + ‎-drome → ‎sambodrome (“sambadrome, Brazilian exhibition center for samba dancing”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -drome

Further reading

• “-drome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.