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speedometer

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: /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian, British, Southern, Standard: [spɪ(j)ˈdɔm.ɪ.tə]
  • General-American: /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
  • General-American: /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
  • General-American: [-ɾɚ]
  • India: /ˈspiː.ɖoː.ˈmiː.ʈə(r)/
  • rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S P IY0 D AA1 M AH0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speedo, velocimeter

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: instrument, gauge

2

noun

Meaning 2

Such a device incorporating an odometer.

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 fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speed indicator

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meter

Narrower terms: machmeter

History

Etymology

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