speedometer
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speedometer
- /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/ UK
- /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə/ UK
- [spɪ(j)ˈdɔm.ɪ.tə] Australia, British, Southern
- /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/ US
- /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.təɹ/ US
- [-ɾɚ] US
- /ˈspiː.ɖoː.ˈmiː.ʈə(r)/ India
Rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
noun speedometers · speedometre
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An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
Although it might be thought that drivers would naturally refer constantly to the speedometer, older drivers who come to diesel driving after years of steam experience without the help of speedometers, as well as those on steam engines which have been equipped with speedometers in recent years, have
Similar: speedo, velocimeter
- Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Translations
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noun a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
| Español | velocímetro, cuentakilómetros |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 속도계 sokdogye, 스피도미터 seupidomiteo |
| 日本語 | 速度計 sokudokei, スピードメーター supīdomētā |
| 中文 | 車速錶 /车速表 chēsùbiǎo, 速度計 /速度计 sùdùjì, 速度錶 /速度表 sùdùbiǎo, 示速器 shìsùqì |
| हिन्दी | चालमापी cālmāpī, स्पीडोमीटर spīḍomīṭar |
| Kiswahili | spidometa |
| Português | velocímetro |
| Français | compteur de vitesse, tachymètre, spidomètre |
| Deutsch | Geschwindigkeitsmesser, Tachometer, Tacho |
| Italiano | tachimetro |
| Ελληνικά | ταχύμετρο tachýmetro |
| Română | vitezometru |
| Русский | спидо́метр spidómetr |
| Tiếng Việt | đồng hồ tốc độ |
| العربية | عَدَّادُ السُّرْعَة ʕaddādu s-surʕa |
| עברית | מַד מְהִירוּת mad m'hirút |
noun such a device incorporating an odometer
| Deutsch | Tachometer |
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Talk about this word "speedometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/speedometer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. speedometer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/speedometer "speedometer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/speedometer.Cite this
@misc{speedometer_2026,
title = {speedometer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/speedometer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
