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Received-Pronunciation:
/spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/
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Australian, British, Southern, Standard:
[spɪ(j)ˈdɔm.ɪ.tə]
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General-American:
/spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
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General-American:
/spiˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
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General-American:
[-ɾɚ]
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/ˈspiː.ɖoː.ˈmiː.ʈə(r)/
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rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET:
S P IY0 D AA1 M AH0 T ER0
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An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speedo, velocimeter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: instrument, gauge
Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: speed indicator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meter
Narrower terms: machmeter
From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
عداد سرعة
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Armenian :
արագաչափ
(aragačʻapʻ)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Armenian :
սպիդոմետր
(spidometr)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Asturian :
velocímetru
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Belarusian :
спідометр
(spidómjetr)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Bengali :
স্পিডোমিটার
(spiḍōmiṭar)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Bulgarian :
скоростомер
(skorostomer)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Burmese :
မြန်နှုန်းပြကိရိယာ
(mranhnun:pra.ki.ri.ya)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Catalan :
velocímetre
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin :
車速錶 /车速表
(chēsùbiǎo)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin :
速度計 /速度计
(sùdùjì)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin :
速度錶 /速度表
(sùdùbiǎo)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Chinese Mandarin :
示速器
(shìsùqì)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Danish :
speedometer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Dutch :
snelheidsmeter
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Esperanto :
rapidometro
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Faroese :
ferðmálari
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Finnish :
nopeusmittari
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
French :
compteur de vitesse
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Galician :
velocímetro
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Galician :
contaquilómetros
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Georgian :
სპიდომეტრი
(sṗidomeṭri)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
German :
Geschwindigkeitsmesser
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
German :
Tachometer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
German :
Tacho
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Hebrew :
מדידת מהירות
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Hindi :
चालमापी
(cālmāpī)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Icelandic :
hraðamælir
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Irish :
luasmhéadar
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Italian :
tachimetro
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Japanese :
速度計
(sokudokei)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Japanese :
スピードメーター
(supīdomētā)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Kazakh :
спидометр
(spidometr)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Khmer :
ឧបករណ៍វាស់ល្បឿន
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Korean :
속도계
(sokdogye)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Lithuanian :
spidometras
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Macedonian :
брзиноме́р
(brzinomér)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Malay :
jangka laju
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Malay :
meter laju
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Malay :
spidometer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Māori :
ine-tere
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Māori :
inerere
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål :
fartsmåler
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Norwegian Bokmål :
speedometer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Norwegian Nynorsk :
fartsmålar
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Norwegian Nynorsk :
speedometer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Odia :
ସ୍ପିଡୋମିଟର
(spiḍomiṭara)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Persian :
سرعتسنج
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Polish :
prędkościomierz
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Polish :
licznik
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Portuguese :
velocímetro
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Romanian :
vitezometru
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Russian :
спидо́метр
(spidómetr)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Serbo-Croatian :
brzinomjer
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Spanish :
velocímetro
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Spanish :
cuentakilómetros
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Swahili :
spidometa
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Swedish :
hastighetsmätare
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Tamil :
வேகமானி
(vēkamāṉi)
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Turkish :
hız göstergesi
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Uzbek :
spidometr
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Vietnamese :
đồng hồ tốc độ
— a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
Finnish :
nopeusmittari
— such a device incorporating an odometer
German :
Tachometer
— such a device incorporating an odometer