odometer

English

Alternative forms

hodometer (dated)
odometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From French odomètre, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”) (equivalent to +‎ -meter).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊˈdɒmətə/, /əʊˈdɒmɪtə/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/

Noun

odometer (plural odometers)

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traveled.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Translations

instrument attached to the wheel

Catalan: comptaquilòmetres m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 里程表 (zh) (lǐchéngbiǎo)
Finnish: matkamittari (fi)
French: odomètre (fr) m
Georgian: ოდომეტრი (odomeṭri)
German: Hodometer n, Odometer m, Kilometerzähler (de) m
Greek: οδόμετρο (el) n (odómetro)
Ancient: ὁδόμετετρον n (hodómetetron)
Hungarian: kilométeróra (hu), kilométer-számláló

Italian: contachilometri (it) m
Japanese: オドメーター (ja) (odomētā)
Macedonian: километражник m (kilometražnik)
Malay: odometer, jangka jarak, meter jarak
Maori: ine-mamao
Portuguese: odómetro (pt) m (Portugal), odômetro (pt) m (Brazil), hodómetro m (Portugal), hodômetro m (Brazil)
Russian: одо́метр (ru) m (odómetr)
Spanish: odómetro m, cuentakilómetros m
Swedish: vägmätare (sv), odometer (sv)

wheel used by surveyors

Finnish: odometri

Anagrams

odometre

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