speedometer

English

Alternative forms

• speedometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

speed +‎ -o- +‎ -meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɪˈdɑː.mə.t̬ɚ/, /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

Wikipedia

speedometer ‎(plural speedometers)

1. A device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle.
2. Such a device incorporating an odometer.

Synonyms

• (device that measures speed): tachometer

Translations

a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle

• Armenian: արագաչափ (hy) ‎(aragačʿapʿ)
• Asturian: velocímetru m
• Catalan: velocímetre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 车速表 ‎(chēsùbiǎo); 速度计 (zh) ‎(sùdùjì); 速度表 (zh) ‎(sùdùbiǎo)

• Dutch: snelheidsmeter (nl) m
• Finnish: nopeusmittari (fi)
• French: compteur de vitesse (fr)
• Galician: velocímetro m
• German: Geschwindigkeitsmesser m, Tachometer m, Tacho m (colloquial)
• Italian: tachimetro (it) m

• Japanese: 速度計 ‎(sokudokei)
• Macedonian: брзиномер m ‎(brzinomér)
• Malay: jangka laju, meter laju, spidometer
• Maori: ine-tere
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fartsmåler m, speedometer n

  Nynorsk: fartsmålar m, speedometer n

• Portuguese: velocímetro (pt) m
• Romanian: vitezometru (ro) n
• Russian: спидо́метр (ru) m ‎(spidómetr)
• Serbo-Croatian: brzinomjer (sh) m
• Spanish: velocímetro m
• Swedish: hastighetsmätare (sv) c

such a device incorporating an odometer

• Finnish: nopeusmittari (fi)

• German: Tachometer m

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from English (not the same gender as other Bokmål words ending in meter)

Noun

speedometer n ‎(definite singular speedometeret or speedometret, indefinite plural speedometer or speedometre, definite plural speedometra or speedometrene)

1. a speedometer

Synonyms

• fartsmåler

References

• “speedometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from English (not the same gender as other Nynorsk words ending in meter)

Noun

speedometer n ‎(definite singular speedometeret, indefinite plural speedometer, definite plural speedometera)

1. a speedometer

Synonyms

• fartsmålar

References

• “speedometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.