audímetro

Spanish

Alternative forms

• audiómetro

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish audio-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor.

Spanish -metro

Spanish audímetro

From audio- + -metro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈdimetɾo/ [au̯ˈð̞i.me.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -imetɾo
• Syllabification: au‧dí‧me‧tro

Noun

audímetro m (plural audímetros)

1. audiometer (an instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing)
2. audimeter (electronic device that, installed in a sample of households, automatically records the television consumption of the family or its individual members)

Further reading

• “audímetro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025