pedometer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɪˈdɒmətə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɪˈdɑmətɚ/ (General-American)
- /pɛ-/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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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.
A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.
2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pedometers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (51)
is skrefamælir (device) · ca podòmetre (device) · ja 歩数計 (device) · ja ペドメーター (device) · ko 페도미터 (device) · is skrefmælir (device) · ru педо́метр (device) · ko 보수계 (device) · bg крачкомер (device) · cmn 計步器 /计步器 (device) · ja 計歩器 (device) · az addımölçən (device) · it pedometro (device) · mk педометар (device) · cs krokoměr (device) · ko 보도계 (device) · ru шагоме́р (device) · ca pedòmetre (device) · pt pedómetro (device) · pt podômetro (device) · it contapassi (device) · mk чекоромер (device) · gl podómetro (device) · el βηματόμετρο (device) · ko 만보기 (device) · es cuentapasos (device) · az pedometr (device) · ko 기보기 (device) · es podómetro (device) · de Schrittzähler (device) · it podometro (device) · mg pedômetra (device) · ms pedometer (device) · it passimetro (device) · ko 만보계 (device) · ko 보측계 (device) · is skrefateljari (device) · es odómetro (device) · nl stappenteller (device) · pt podómetro (device) · ko 측보기 (device) · gl contapasos (device) · pl krokomierz (device) · ko 계보기 (device) · pt pedômetro (device) · cs pedometr (device) · sv stegräknare (device) · fi askelmittari (device) · ca comptapasses (device) · fr podomètre (device) · ja 万歩計 (device)