velodrome

See also: vélodrome and Velodrome

English

Etymology

From French vélodrome, from vélo (“bicycle”) + -drome, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”); velo- +‎ -drome.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

velodrome (plural velodromes)

1. An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing.

Translations

arena for bicycle racing

• Dutch: velodroom (nl) n, wielerbaan (nl) f
• Finnish: velodromi (fi), pyöräilystadion (fi)
• French: vélodrome (fr) m
• German: Velodrom (de) n, Radrennbahn f
• Greek: ποδηλατοδρόμιο (el) n (podilatodrómio)
• Italian: velodromo (it) m
• Polish: welodrom (pl) m, cyklodrom (pl) m
• Portuguese: velódromo (pt) m
• Romanian: velodrom (ro) n
• Russian: велодром (ru) m (velodrom)
• Spanish: velódromo m
• Swedish: velodrom (sv) c, cykelbana (sv) c