odometer

English

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Alternative forms

• odometre

Etymology

From hodometer, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əʊˈdɒmətə/, /əʊˈdɒmɪtə/
• (US) IPA: /oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/

Noun

odometer (plural odometers)

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

Translations

instrument attached to the wheel

• Catalan: comptaquilòmetres (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 里程表 (cmn) (lǐchéngbiǎo)

• Finnish: matkamittari (fi)
• French: odomètre (fr) m

• German: Hodometer (de) n, Odometer (de) m, Kilometerzähler (de) m
• Italian: contachilometri (it) m
• Japanese: オドメーター (ja) (odomētā)
• Malay: odometer (ms), jangka jarak (ms), meter jarak (ms)
• Russian: одометр (ru) (odómetr) m
• Spanish: odómetro (es) m, cuentakilómetros (es) m

wheel used by surveyors

• Finnish: odometri (fi)

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• French: odomètre