pedometer
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pedometer
- /pɪˈdɑmətɚ/ US
- /pɛ-/ US
- /pɪˈdɒmətə/ UK
Where it comes from
According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, combining form for Latin pēs (“foot”), plus -ometer, from Greek. In French now the word is podomètre, and similar in other Romance languages and in Greek (ποδόμετρο (podómetro)). By surface analysis, pedo- (“foot”) + -meter = pedo- + -ometer.
noun pedometers
- A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked. He thought that buying a pedometer would spur him on to exercise.
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noun device
| Español | podómetro, odómetro, cuentapasos |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보수계 bosugye, 보측계 bocheukgye, 보도계 bodogye, 만보계 manbogye, 기보기 gibogi, 측보기 cheukbogi |
| 日本語 | 歩数計 hosūkei, 万歩計 manpokei, 計歩器 keihoki, ペドメーター pedomētā |
| 中文 | 計步器 /计步器 jìbùqì |
| Português | podómetro, pedómetro, podômetro, pedômetro |
| Français | podomètre |
| Deutsch | Schrittzähler |
| Italiano | pedometro, contapassi, passimetro, podometro |
| Ελληνικά | βηματόμετρο vimatómetro |
| Русский | шагоме́р šagomér, педо́метр pedómetr |
Talk about this word "pedometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pedometer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pedometer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pedometer "pedometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pedometer.Cite this
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title = {pedometer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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