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