racecourse
noun
racecourse is a noun meaning “A course over which races are run” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-C-E-C-O-U-R-S-E, and it appears 1.0 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of racecourse is racecourses.
What does racecourse mean?
noun
- 1
A course over which races are run.
- 2
AustraliaUKA racetrack where horse races are run.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce racecourse?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-racecourse.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of racecourse
- racecourses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is racecourse?
Racecourse appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with racecourse
Also written: race course (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Racecourse in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | champ de courses, piste , hippodrome |
| German | Rennstrecke , Rennbahn, Pferderennbahn |
| Portuguese | pista |
| Spanish | pista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does racecourse come from?
From race + course.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).