racetrack

See also: race track

English

Alternative forms

race track

Etymology

race +‎ track

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/

Noun

racetrack (plural racetracks)

A course over which any type of races are run.
A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.

Synonyms

(a course over which races are run): circuit, racecourse

Hyponyms

dirt track (for dirt racing), dragstrip (for drag racing), hippodrome (for horse racing), velodrome (for bicycle racing)

Derived terms

racetracker, racetracking

Translations

a course over which races are run

Arabic: حَلْبَةُ سِبَاق‎ f (ḥalbatu sibāq), مِضْمار سِبَاق‎ m (miḍmār sibāq)
Belarusian: бегава́я даро́жка f (bjehavája daróžka), трэк m (trek), іпадро́м m (ipadróm) (hippodrome)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 跑馬場／跑马场 (zh), 跑马场 (zh) (pǎomǎchǎng), 跑道 (zh) (pǎodào)
Czech: závodiště n
Danish: racerbane c
Dutch: renbaan (nl) f, racebaan (nl) f
Finnish: kilparata (fi)
French: champ de courses m, piste (fr) f, (hippodrome) hippodrome (fr) m
Galician: pista (gl) f
German: Rennbahn (de) f, Rennstrecke (de) f, (for horses) Pferderennbahn (de) f
Greek: ιπποδρόμιο (el) n (ippodrómio)
Ancient: δρόμος m (drómos)
Hungarian: lóversenypálya (hu)
Irish: raon rásaí m
Italian: autodromo (it) m, pista automobilistica f, ippodromo (it) m, campo da corse m
Japanese: 競馬場 (けいばじょう, keibajō), レーストラック (rēsutorakku), 競走路 (きょうそうろ, kyōsōro), トラック (torakku)
Korean: 경마장(競馬場) (ko) (gyeongmajang), 경주로(競走路) (gyeongjuro)
Maori: papa purei hōiho (for horses)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: (motor sports) racerbane m, løpebane (no) m
Nynorsk: (motor sports) racerbane m
Persian: میدان مسابقه‎ (meydân-e mosâbeqe)
Polish: tor wyścigowy m, bieżnia (pl) f
Portuguese: pista (de corrida) f
Russian: бегова́я доро́жка f (begovája doróžka), трек (ru) m (trɛk), (hippodrome) ипподро́м (ru) m (ippodróm)
Slovene: dirkališče n
Swedish: racerbana (sv) c
Tagalog: karerahan
Taos: kwìawìp’į́ęna
Ukrainian: бігова́ дорі́жка f (bihová dorížka), трек m (trek), іподро́м m (ipodróm) (hippodrome)