speedometer
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- speedometre (nonstandard)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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- (General American) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/, /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
speedometer (plural speedometers)
- An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
- 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Derailment at Lincoln”, in Modern Railways, page 375:
- 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 not accustomed themselves to the constant use of this instrument.
- Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Synonyms edit
- (device that measures speed): speedo, velocimeter
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
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such a device incorporating an odometer
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Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
speedometer n (singular definite speedometeret or speedometret, plural indefinite speedometre)
Declension edit
Declension of speedometer
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | speedometer | speedometeret speedometret |
speedometre | speedometerene |
genitive | speedometers | speedometerets speedometrets |
speedometres | speedometerenes |
Further reading edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Probably from English (not the same gender as other Bokmål words ending in meter)
Noun edit
speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret or speedometret, indefinite plural speedometer or speedometre, definite plural speedometra or speedometrene)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “speedometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Probably from English (not the same gender as other Nynorsk words ending in meter)
Noun edit
speedometer n (definite singular speedometeret, indefinite plural speedometer, definite plural speedometera)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “speedometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.