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pedometer

noun · 2 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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  • General-American: /pɪˈdɑmətɚ/
  • General-American: /pɛ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /pɪˈdɒmətə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

History

Etymology

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, combining form for Latin pēs (“foot”), plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (ποδόμετρο (podómetro)). By surface analysis, pedo- (“foot”) + -meter = pedo- + -ometer.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: addımölçən — device
  • Azerbaijani: pedometr — device
  • Bulgarian: крачкомер (kračkomer) — device
  • Catalan: podòmetre — device
  • Catalan: pedòmetre — device
  • Catalan: comptapasses — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計步器 /计步器 (jìbùqì) — device
  • Czech: krokoměr — device
  • Czech: pedometr — device
  • Dutch: stappenteller — device
  • Finnish: askelmittari — device
  • French: podomètre — device
  • Galician: podómetro — device
  • Galician: contapasos — device
  • German: Schrittzähler — device
  • Greek: βηματόμετρο (vimatómetro) — device
  • Icelandic: skrefamælir — device
  • Icelandic: skrefmælir — device
  • Icelandic: skrefateljari — device
  • Italian: pedometro — device
  • Italian: contapassi — device
  • Italian: passimetro — device
  • Italian: podometro — device
  • Japanese: 歩数計 (hosūkei) — device
  • Japanese: 万歩計 (manpokei) — device
  • Japanese: 計歩器 (keihoki) — device
  • Japanese: ペドメーター (pedomētā) — device
  • Korean: 보수계 (bosugye) — device
  • Korean: 보측계 (bocheukgye) — device
  • Korean: 보도계 (bodogye) — device
  • Korean: 만보계 (manbogye) — device
  • Korean: 기보기 (gibogi) — device
  • Korean: 측보기 (cheukbogi) — device
  • Korean: 계보기 (gyebogi) — device
  • Korean: 만보기 (manbogi) — device
  • Korean: 페도미터 (pedomiteo) — device
  • Macedonian: чекоромер (čekoromer) — device
  • Macedonian: педометар (pedometar) — device
  • Malagasy: pedômetra — device
  • Malay: pedometer — device
  • Polish: krokomierz — device
  • Portuguese: podómetro — device
  • Portuguese: pedómetro — device
  • Portuguese: podômetro — device
  • Portuguese: pedômetro — device
  • Russian: шагоме́р (šagomér) — device
  • Russian: педо́метр (pedómetr) — device
  • Spanish: podómetro — device
  • Spanish: odómetro — device
  • Spanish: cuentapasos — device
  • Swedish: stegräknare — device