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Webster 1913 Edition

odometer

o-dom′e-ter

(ō̍-dŏm′ē̍-tẽr)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ὁδόμετρον

,

ὁδόμετρος

, an instrument for measuring distance;

ὁδόσ

way +

μέτρον

measure: cf. F.

odométre

,

hodométre

. See also

.]

An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed.

Definition 2024

odometer

odometer

English

Alternative forms

hodometer (dated)
odometre (nonstandard)

Noun

odometer ‎(plural odometers)

An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traveled.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.

Translations

instrument attached to the wheel

Catalan: comptaquilòmetres m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 里程表 (zh) ‎(lǐchéngbiǎo)
Finnish: matkamittari (fi)
French: odomètre (fr) m
German: Hodometer n, Odometer m, Kilometerzähler m
Greek: οδόμετρο (el) n ‎(odómetro)
Ancient: ὁδόμετετρον n ‎(hodómetetron)
Italian: contachilometri (it) m

Japanese: オドメーター (ja) ‎(odomētā)
Macedonian: километражник m ‎(kilometražnik)
Malay: odometer, jangka jarak, meter jarak
Maori: ine-mamao
Portuguese: odómetro (pt) m (Portugal), odômetro (pt) m (Brazil), hodómetro m (Portugal), hodômetro m (Brazil)
Russian: одо́метр (ru) m ‎(odómetr)
Spanish: odómetro m, cuentakilómetros m
Swedish: vägmätare (sv), odometer (sv)

wheel used by surveyors

Finnish: odometri