-drome Definition

drōm
suffix
Racecourse.
Hippodrome.
American Heritage
Field; arena.
Airdrome.
American Heritage
Running.
Palindrome.
American Heritage

Used to form words whose original means related to a course, such as a racecourse.

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A track or racecourse.
Motordrome.
Webster's New World
A large field or arena.
Airdrome, hippodrome.
Webster's New World
noun

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a North African bird allied to the oystercatcher.

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Noun

Singular:
-drome
Plural:
dromes

Origin of -drome

  • French, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (dromos, “running"). Compare dromos.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ancient Greek δρόμος (dromos, “a course, race course, road”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin -dromus from Greek dromos racecourse

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

-drome Sentence Examples

  • Returned to the National Assembly by the department of Drome, he was for a few days in 1873 minister of public works under Thiers.

  • To the south of Lyons, in the department of the Drome, are made in the district of Valence the celebrated Hermitage red and white Hermitage.

  • He served as an engineer successively in the departments of Vendee, Drome and Ille-et-Villaine; but his espousal of the cause of the Bourbons in 1814 occasioned, on Napoleon's reaccession to power, the loss of his appointment.

  • Drome Racers utilizes cars based on the Construction series and Lego Racers 1 and 2 showcase traditional Lego cars and has you racing through different circuits against different nemeses.

  • Between Lyons and the sea, the Rhone divides four departments on its right bank (Rhone, Loire, Ardeche and Gard) from as many on its left bank (Isere, Drome, Vaucluse and Bouches du Rhone).

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