pedometer
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, Latin combining form for "foot", plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (ποδόμετρο (podómetro)). By surface analysis, pedo- (“foot”) + -meter = pedo- + -ometer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɪˈdɑmətɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪˈdɒmətə/
Noun[edit]
pedometer (plural pedometers)
- A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
- He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
device
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Etymology 2[edit]
From pedo- (“child”) + -meter.
Noun[edit]
pedometer (plural pedometers)
- (Canada, US) Alternative spelling of paedometer
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedometer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- English terms derived from French
- English terms suffixed with -meter
- English terms prefixed with pedo- (foot)
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms prefixed with pedo- (child)
- Canadian English
- American English
- en:Measuring instruments
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