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tachometer

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /təˈkɒmətə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device for measuring the revolutions per minute (RPMs) of a revolving shaft, as with the driveshaft of an automobile.

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 device for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of blood, a river, a machine, etc.

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

measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tach

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device

Narrower terms: tachograph

History

Etymology

From tacho- + -meter.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: toereteller — device for measuring rpm
  • Belarusian: тахо́метр (taxómjetr) — device for measuring rpm
  • Catalan: tacòmetre — device for measuring rpm
  • Catalan: compta-revolucions — device for measuring rpm
  • Catalan: comptavoltes — device for measuring rpm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉速表 /转速表 (zhuǎnsùbiǎo) — device for measuring rpm
  • Czech: otáčkoměr — device for measuring rpm
  • Danish: omdrejningstæller — device for measuring rpm
  • Dutch: toerenteller — device for measuring rpm
  • Esperanto: taĥimetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Estonian: pöördeloendur — device for measuring rpm
  • Faroese: snúningsmátari — device for measuring rpm
  • Faroese: ferðmátari — device for measuring rpm
  • Finnish: kierroslukumittari — device for measuring rpm
  • Finnish: takometri — device for measuring rpm
  • French: tachymètre — device for measuring rpm
  • French: compte-tour — device for measuring rpm
  • French: compte-tours — device for measuring rpm
  • Galician: contarrevolucións — device for measuring rpm
  • Galician: tacómetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Georgian: ტაქომეტრი (ṭakomeṭri) — device for measuring rpm
  • German: Drehzahlmesser — device for measuring rpm
  • German: Tachometer — device for measuring rpm
  • Gujarati: વેગમાપક (vegmāpak) — device for measuring rpm
  • Hebrew: מונה סיבובים (moné sivuvím) — device for measuring rpm
  • Hebrew: טכומטר (takhométer) — device for measuring rpm
  • Hindi: वेगमापी (vegmāpī) — device for measuring rpm
  • Hungarian: fordulatszámmérő — device for measuring rpm
  • Icelandic: snúningshraðamælir — device for measuring rpm
  • Indonesian: takometer — device for measuring rpm
  • Italian: tachimetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Japanese: 回転速度計 (kaitensokudokei) — device for measuring rpm
  • Japanese: タコメーター (takomētā) — device for measuring rpm
  • Kannada: ವೇಗಮಾಪಕ (vēgamāpaka) — device for measuring rpm
  • Korean: 회전계 (hoejeon'gye) — device for measuring rpm
  • Korean: 회전속도계 (hoejeonsokdogye) — device for measuring rpm
  • Korean: 타코미터 (takomiteo) — device for measuring rpm
  • Macedonian: вртежомер (vrtežomer) — device for measuring rpm
  • Malay: takometer — device for measuring rpm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: turteller — device for measuring rpm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: takometer — device for measuring rpm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: turteljar — device for measuring rpm
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: takometer — device for measuring rpm
  • Polish: obrotomierz — device for measuring rpm
  • Polish: tachometr — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: tacômetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: tacómetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: taquímetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: conta-voltas — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: conta-giros — device for measuring rpm
  • Portuguese: conta-rotações — device for measuring rpm
  • Romanian: tahometru — device for measuring rpm
  • Romanian: turometru — device for measuring rpm
  • Russian: тахо́метр (taxómetr) — device for measuring rpm
  • Spanish: cuentarrevoluciones — device for measuring rpm
  • Spanish: tacómetro — device for measuring rpm
  • Swedish: varvtalsmätare — device for measuring rpm
  • Swedish: varvräknare — device for measuring rpm
  • Tagalog: inugsukat — device for measuring rpm
  • Tamil: சுழற்சி அளவி (cuḻaṟci aḷavi) — device for measuring rpm
  • Tamil: வேகமானி (vēkamāṉi) — device for measuring rpm
  • Thai: เครื่องวัดวามเร็ว — device for measuring rpm
  • Tibetan: ཤེད་འཕྲུལ་འགྲོས་ཁྲ། (shed 'phrul 'gros khra) — device for measuring rpm
  • Turkish: devir saati — device for measuring rpm
  • Ukrainian: тахо́метр (taxómetr) — device for measuring rpm
  • Vietnamese: máy đo tốc độ — device for measuring rpm