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water meter

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device used to measure the volume of water usage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A device used to measure evaporation.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

meter for measuring the quantity of water passing through a particular outlet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: meter

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: водомер (vodomer) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水表 (shuǐbiǎo) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Czech: vodoměr — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Danish: vandmåler — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Finnish: vesimittari — device for measuring water usage volume
  • French: compteur d'eau — device for measuring water usage volume
  • German: Wasserzähler — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Hungarian: vízóra — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Japanese: 水道メーター (suidō-mētā) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Macedonian: во́домер (vódomer) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Polish: wodomierz — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Portuguese: registro/relógio de água — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Russian: счётчик воды́ (sčótčik vodý) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Russian: водосчётчик (vodosčótčik) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Russian: водоме́р (vodomér) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̏доме̄р — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̏домје̄р — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȍdomēr — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Serbo-Croatian: vȍdomjēr — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Spanish: medidor de agua — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Spanish: hidrómetro — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Spanish: medidor ácueo — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Spanish: medidor acuoso — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Spanish: medidor aguoso — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Ukrainian: водолічильник (vodoličylʹnyk) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Ukrainian: водяний лічильник (vodjanyj ličylʹnyk) — device for measuring water usage volume
  • Ukrainian: водомір (vodomir) — device for measuring water usage volume