Derived from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”).

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-drome

1. (literary) Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures.

• dromos, dromus

• Domer, dermo, dermo-, moder, mored

Extracted from hippodrome.

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔm/

-drome m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dromes)

1. -drome

   ‎vaccin (“vaccine”) + ‎-o- + ‎-drome → ‎vaccinodrome (“mass vaccination center”)

   ‎samba (“samba”) + ‎-o- + ‎-drome → ‎sambodrome (“sambadrome, Brazilian exhibition center for samba dancing”)

• “-drome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012