"-drome" meaning in French

See -drome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /dʁɔm/ Forms: -dromes [plural]
Etymology: Extracted from hippodrome. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:der|hippodrome<id:racecourse>|id=place}} Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} -drome m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dromes)
  1. -drome Tags: masculine, morpheme
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      "expansion": "",
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    }
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      "form": "-dromes",
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        {
          "text": "vaccin (“vaccine”) + -o- + -drome → vaccinodrome (“mass vaccination center”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "samba (“samba”) + -o- + -drome → sambodrome (“sambadrome, Brazilian exhibition center for samba dancing”)"
        }
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    }
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        "French entries with incorrect language header",
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        "French noun-forming suffixes",
        "French suffixes",
        "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "French terms derived from Latin",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
        "French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *drem- (run)",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *HéHḱus",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Pages with 2 entries",
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        },
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        }
      ],
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      "ipa": "/dʁɔm/"
    }
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Download raw JSONL data for -drome meaning in French (1.4kB)

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