speedometer
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- speedometre (nonstandard)
Etymology
[edit]From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/, /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
- (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.
- Synonyms: speedo, velocimeter
- Hypernyms: instrument, gauge
- Hyponyms: airspeedometer, airspeed indicator
- Coordinate terms: tachometer, tachograph; tach, tacho
- 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.
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.
Categories:
- English terms interfixed with -o-
- English terms suffixed with -meter
- English terms suffixed with -ometer
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/ɒmɪtə(ɹ)/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Auto parts
- en:Measuring instruments
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- da:Auto parts
- da:Measuring instruments
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- nb:Auto parts
- nb:Measuring instruments
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- nn:Auto parts
- nn:Measuring instruments