pedometer
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]According to the American Heritage Dictionary, from French pédomètre, from pedi-, Latin combining form for "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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /pɪˈdɑmətɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɪˈdɒmətə/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]pedometer (plural pedometers)
- 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.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]From pedo- (“child”) + -meter.
Noun
[edit]pedometer (plural pedometers)
- (Canada, US) Alternative spelling of paedometer
Further reading
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pedometer”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- English terms derived from French
- English terms suffixed with -meter
- English terms prefixed with pedo- (foot)
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- English terms prefixed with pedo- (child)
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