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, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Synonyms

odograph

Translations

instrument in a vehicle

Albanian: odometr m
Azerbaijani: odometr
Basque: odometro
Belarusian: адо́метр m (adómjetr)
Catalan: comptaquilòmetres m, hodòmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 里程表 (zh) (lǐchéngbiǎo)
Dutch: kilometerteller (nl) m
Esperanto: hodometro, odometro
Finnish: matkamittari (fi)
French: odomètre (fr) m
Galician: hodómetro m
Georgian: ოდომეტრი (odomeṭri)
German: Hodometer n, Odometer m, Kilometerzähler (de) m
Alemannic German: Hodometer n
Greek: οδόμετρο (el) n (odómetro)
Ancient: ὁδόμετρον n (hodómetron)
Hindi: पथमापी (pathmāpī)
Hungarian: kilométeróra (hu), kilométer-számláló
Ido: hodometro (io), odometer (io)
Italian: contachilometri (it) m
Japanese: オドメーター (ja) (odomētā)
Kannada: ಓಡೋಮೀಟರ್ (ōḍōmīṭar)
Kazakh: одометр (odometr)
Korean: 오도미터 (odomiteo)
Latvian: odometrs m
Lithuanian: odometras m
Macedonian: километражник m (kilometražnik)
Malay: odometer, jangka jarak, meter jarak
Malayalam: ഓഡോമീറ്റർ (ōḍōmīṟṟaṟ)
Maori: ine-mamao, ine tawhiti
Polish: drogomierz m
Portuguese: odómetro (pt) m (Portugal), odômetro (pt) m (Brazil), hodómetro m (Portugal), hodômetro m (Brazil)
Romanian: odometru (ro) n
Russian: одо́метр (ru) m (odómetr)
Spanish: odómetro m, cuentakilómetros m
Swedish: vägmätare (sv), odometer (sv)
Tamil: ஓடோமீட்டர் (ōṭōmīṭṭar)
Thai: ออดอมิเตอร์
Ukrainian: одо́метр m (odómetr)
Uzbek: odometr
Cyrillic: одометр (uz) (odometr)

wheel used by surveyors

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: odometri
French: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

odometre