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odometer

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈdɒmətə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈdɒmɪtə/
  • Canada, US: /oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: OW2 D AA1 M AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a meter that shows mileage traversed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hodometer, mileometer, milometer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meter

History

Etymology

From French odomètre, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), equivalent to odo- + -meter.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: odometr — instrument in a vehicle
  • Arabic: عَدَّادُ المَسَافَات (ʕaddādu l-masāfāt) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: odometr — instrument in a vehicle
  • Basque: odometro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Belarusian: адо́метр (adómjetr) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Catalan: comptaquilòmetres — instrument in a vehicle
  • Catalan: hodòmetre — instrument in a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 里程表 (lǐchéngbiǎo) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Dutch: kilometerteller — instrument in a vehicle
  • Esperanto: hodometro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Esperanto: odometro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Finnish: matkamittari — instrument in a vehicle
  • French: odomètre — instrument in a vehicle
  • Galician: hodómetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Georgian: ოდომეტრი (odomeṭri) — instrument in a vehicle
  • German: Hodometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • German: Odometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • German: Kilometerzähler — instrument in a vehicle
  • German: Hodometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • Greek: οδόμετρο (odómetro) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Ancient Greek: ὁδόμετρον (hodómetron) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Hindi: पथमापी (pathmāpī) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Hungarian: kilométeróra — instrument in a vehicle
  • Hungarian: kilométer-számláló — instrument in a vehicle
  • Ido: hodometro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Ido: odometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • Italian: contachilometri — instrument in a vehicle
  • Japanese: オドメーター (odomētā) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Kannada: ಓಡೋಮೀಟರ್ (ōḍōmīṭar) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Kazakh: одометр (odometr) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Korean: 오도미터 (odomiteo) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Latvian: odometrs — instrument in a vehicle
  • Lithuanian: odometras — instrument in a vehicle
  • Macedonian: километражник (kilometražnik) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Malay: odometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • Malay: jangka jarak — instrument in a vehicle
  • Malay: meter jarak — instrument in a vehicle
  • Malayalam: ഓഡോമീറ്റർ (ōḍōmīṟṟaṟ) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Māori: ine-mamao — instrument in a vehicle
  • Māori: ine tawhiti — instrument in a vehicle
  • Polish: drogomierz — instrument in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: odómetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: odômetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: hodómetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Portuguese: hodômetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Romanian: odometru — instrument in a vehicle
  • Russian: одо́метр (odómetr) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Spanish: odómetro — instrument in a vehicle
  • Spanish: cuentakilómetros — instrument in a vehicle
  • Swedish: vägmätare — instrument in a vehicle
  • Swedish: odometer — instrument in a vehicle
  • Tamil: ஓடோமீட்டர் (ōṭōmīṭṭar) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Thai: ออดอมิเตอร์ — instrument in a vehicle
  • Ukrainian: одо́метр (odómetr) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Urdu: مسافت پیما (masāfat paimā) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Uzbek: odometr — instrument in a vehicle
  • Uzbek: одометр (odometr) — instrument in a vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 測距輪 /测距轮 — wheel used by surveyors
  • Finnish: odometri — wheel used by surveyors
  • French: odomètre — wheel used by surveyors
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