horse race

See also: horserace and horse-race

English

Pronunciation

enPR: hô(r)sʹrās, IPA^(key): /ˈhɔː(ɹ)sɹeɪs/

Noun

horse race (plural horse races)

A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting
An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign).

Translations

a competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting

Azerbaijani: sürək
Bashkir: бәйге (bäyge)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 跑馬／跑马 (zh) (pǎomǎ), 賽馬／赛马 (zh) (sàimǎ)
Danish: hestevæddeløb
Dutch: harddraverij (nl)
Finnish: ratsastuskilpailu
French: course de chevaux (fr) f
Galician: carreira de cabalos f
Georgian: დოღი (ka) (doɣi)
German: Pferderennen (de) n
Hungarian: lóverseny (hu)
Japanese: 競馬 (ja) (けいば, keiba)
Korean: 경마(競馬) (ko) (gyeongma)
Kyrgyz: байге (ky) (bayge)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hesteløp n
Nynorsk: hesteløp n, hestelaup n
Plautdietsch: Pieetsreess m
Russian: ска́чки (ru) f pl (skáčki)
Swedish: kapplöpning (sv) c
Turkish: at yarışı (tr)
Uzbek: poyga (uz)

an exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign)

Finnish: kilpajuoksu (fi)
Russian: го́нка (ru) f (gónka)

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} veðreiðar f pl (only if betting is involved)

Anagrams

racehorse