"-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}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "racecourse", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "hippodrome", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "horse", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "horse", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "horse", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "swift", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*HéHḱus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éḱwos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*íkkʷos", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῐ̔́ππος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "street", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "run", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*drem-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-os", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ος", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "δρόμος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῐ̔ππόδρομος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "hippodromos", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "hippodrome", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-drome", "lang" : "fr" }" data-id="place" data-lang="fr" data-title="-drome" id="French:_place"> Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} -drome m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dromes)
  1. -drome Tags: masculine, morpheme
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