-drome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).
Suffix[edit]
-drome
- (literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.
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Translations[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Extracted from hippodrome.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-drome m (plural -dromes)
- -drome
- vaccin (“vaccine”) + -o- + -drome → vaccinodrome (“mass vaccination center”)
- samba (“samba”) + -o- + -drome → sambodrome (“sambadrome, Brazilian exhibition center for samba dancing”)
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Further reading[edit]
- “-drome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- English literary terms
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *drem-
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French noun-forming suffixes
- French countable nouns
- French masculine suffixes