"velodrome" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛl.ə.dɹəʊm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-velodrome.wav [Southern-England] Forms: velodromes [plural]
Etymology: From French vélodrome, from vélo (“bicycle”) + -drome, from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”); velo- + -drome. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|vélodrome}} French vélodrome, {{m|fr|vélo||bicycle}} vélo (“bicycle”), {{m|fr|-drome|}} -drome, {{uder|en|grc|δρόμος||a course, race course, road}} Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”), {{confix|en|velo|drome}} velo- + -drome Head templates: {{en-noun}} velodrome (plural velodromes)
  1. An indoor arena, having an oval banked track for bicycle racing. Wikipedia link: velodrome Categories (topical): Cycle racing, Sports areas Translations (arena for bicycle racing): velodroom [neuter] (Dutch), wielerbaan [feminine] (Dutch), velodromi (Finnish), pyöräilystadion (Finnish), vélodrome [masculine] (French), Velodrom [neuter] (German), Radrennbahn [feminine] (German), ποδηλατοδρόμιο (podilatodrómio) [neuter] (Greek), velodromo [masculine] (Italian), welodrom [masculine] (Polish), cyklodrom [masculine] (Polish), velódromo [masculine] (Portuguese), velodrom [neuter] (Romanian), велодром (velodrom) [masculine] (Russian), velódromo [masculine] (Spanish), velodrom [common-gender] (Swedish), cykelbana [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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