odometer
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odometer
- /əʊˈdɒmətə/ UK
- /əʊˈdɒmɪtə/ UK
- /oʊˈdɑːmətɚ/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From French odomètre, from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”), equivalent to odo- + -meter.
noun odometers · hodometer · odometre
- An instrument, usually embedded within the speedometer of a vehicle, that measures the distance the vehicle has traveled since production. When the car was delivered about eight weeks later, it was not the model that had been displayed on the show and it had more miles on the odometer than the car she had been promised.
- A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.
Similar: odograph
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noun
Similar: odograph
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Every language
noun instrument in a vehicle
| Español | odómetro, cuentakilómetros |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오도미터 odomiteo, 주행거리계 juhaenggeorigye |
| 日本語 | オドメーター odomētā, 走行距離計 sōkōkyorikei |
| 中文 | 里程錶 /里程表 lǐchéngbiǎo |
| हिन्दी | पथमापी pathmāpī |
| Português | odómetro, odômetro, hodómetro, hodômetro |
| Français | odomètre |
| Deutsch | Hodometer, Odometer, Kilometerzähler |
| Italiano | contachilometri |
| Ελληνικά | οδόμετρο odómetro |
| Română | odometru |
| Русский | одо́метр odómetr |
| Tiếng Việt | cái đo đường, đồng hồ đo đường |
| العربية | عَدَّادُ المَسَافَات ʕaddādu l-masāfāt |
Talk about this word "odometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/odometer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. odometer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/odometer "odometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/odometer.Cite this
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title = {odometer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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