"speedometer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/ [General-American], /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/ [General-American], /spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian], /spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-speedometer.wav [UK] Forms: speedometers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: speed + -o- + -meter Etymology templates: {{affix|en|speed|-o-|-meter}} speed + -o- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} speedometer (plural speedometers)
  1. An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle. Categories (topical): Measuring instruments
    Sense id: en-speedometer-en-noun-Wrjxwa0p Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 61 39
  2. Such a device incorporating an odometer. Categories (topical): Auto parts Synonyms (device that measures speed): speedo, velocimeter Translations (a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle): عداد سرعة (Arabic), արագաչափ (aragačʻapʻ) (Armenian), սպիդոմետր (spidometr) (Armenian), velocímetru [masculine] (Asturian), спідометр (spidómjetr) (Belarusian), স্পিডোমিটার (spiḍōmiṭar) (Bengali), скоростомер (skorostomer) (Bulgarian), မြန်နှုန်းပြကိရိယာ (mranhnun:pra.ki.ri.ya) (Burmese), velocímetre [masculine] (Catalan), 車速錶 (Chinese Mandarin), 车速表 (chēsùbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 速度計 (Chinese Mandarin), 速度计 (sùdùjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 速度錶 (Chinese Mandarin), 速度表 (sùdùbiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 示速器 (shìsùqì) (Chinese Mandarin), speedometer [neuter] (Danish), snelheidsmeter [masculine] (Dutch), rapidometro (Esperanto), ferðmálari [masculine] (Faroese), nopeusmittari (Finnish), compteur de vitesse (French), velocímetro [masculine] (Galician), contaquilómetros [masculine] (Galician), სპიდომეტრი (sṗidomeṭri) (Georgian), Geschwindigkeitsmesser [masculine] (German), Tachometer [masculine, neuter] (German), Tacho [colloquial, masculine] (German), מדידת מהירות (Hebrew), चालमापी (cālmāpī) (Hindi), hraðamælir [masculine] (Icelandic), luasmhéadar [masculine] (Irish), tachimetro [masculine] (Italian), 速度計 (sokudokei) (Japanese), スピードメーター (supīdomētā) (Japanese), спидометр (spidometr) (Kazakh), ឧបករណ៍វាស់ល្បឿន (alt: ʼŏbâkârn៍វាស់ល្បឿន) (Khmer), 속도계 (sokdogye) (Korean), spidometras [masculine] (Lithuanian), брзиноме́р (brzinomér) [masculine] (Macedonian), jangka laju (Malay), meter laju (Malay), spidometer (Malay), ine-tere (Maori), inerere (Maori), fartsmåler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), speedometer [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), fartsmålar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), speedometer [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ସ୍ପିଡୋମିଟର (spiḍomiṭôrô) (Odia), سرعتسنج (Persian), prędkościomierz [masculine] (Polish), licznik [masculine] (Polish), velocímetro [masculine] (Portuguese), vitezometru [neuter] (Romanian), спидо́метр (spidómetr) [masculine] (Russian), brzinomjer [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), velocímetro [masculine] (Spanish), cuentakilómetros [masculine] (Spanish), spidometa (Swahili), hastighetsmätare [common-gender] (Swedish), வேகமானி (vēkamāṉi) (Tamil), hız göstergesi (Turkish), spidometr (Uzbek), đồng hồ tốc độ (Vietnamese) Translations (such a device incorporating an odometer): nopeusmittari (Finnish), Tachometer [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-speedometer-en-noun-JrhOzkGo Disambiguation of Auto parts: 29 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -o-, English terms suffixed with -meter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -o-: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'device that measures speed': 37 63 Disambiguation of 'a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle': 43 57 Disambiguation of 'such a device incorporating an odometer': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: speedometre [nonstandard] Coordinate_terms: tachograph (alt: tacho), tachometer (alt: tach)

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chēsùbiǎo",
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          "word": "车速表"
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          "roman": "sùdùjì",
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          "roman": "shìsùqì",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "rapidometro"
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ferðmálari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "nopeusmittari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "compteur de vitesse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "velocímetro"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "contaquilómetros"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sṗidomeṭri",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "სპიდომეტრი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Geschwindigkeitsmesser"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Tachometer"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Tacho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "מדידת מהירות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cālmāpī",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "चालमापी"
        },
        {
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "hraðamælir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "luasmhéadar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tachimetro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sokudokei",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "速度計"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "supīdomētā",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "スピードメーター"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "spidometr",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "спидометр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "alt": "ʼŏbâkârn៍វាស់ល្បឿន",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "ឧបករណ៍វាស់ល្បឿន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sokdogye",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "속도계"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "spidometras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brzinomér",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "брзиноме́р"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "jangka laju"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "meter laju"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "ine-tere"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "inerere"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fartsmåler"
        },
        {
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
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          "word": "speedometer"
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          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
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          "word": "fartsmålar"
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        {
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          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
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          "word": "speedometer"
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          "code": "or",
          "lang": "Odia",
          "roman": "spiḍomiṭôrô",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "ସ୍ପିଡୋମିଟର"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "سرعتسنج"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "prędkościomierz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "licznik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "velocímetro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vitezometru"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spidómetr",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спидо́метр"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brzinomjer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuentakilómetros"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "spidometa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hastighetsmätare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vēkamāṉi",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "வேகமானி"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "hız göstergesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "spidometr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "43 57",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
          "word": "đồng hồ tốc độ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "such a device incorporating an odometer",
          "word": "nopeusmittari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "such a device incorporating an odometer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Tachometer"
        }
      ]
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      "ipa": "/spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/spiˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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        "General-Australian"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "dashboard"
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      "ipa": "/spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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      "ipa": "/spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/",
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      "sense": "device that measures speed",
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      "sense": "device that measures speed",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "عداد سرعة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aragačʻapʻ",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "արագաչափ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "spidometr",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "սպիդոմետր"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velocímetru"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spidómjetr",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "спідометр"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "spiḍōmiṭar",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "স্পিডোমিটার"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skorostomer",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "скоростомер"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "mranhnun:pra.ki.ri.ya",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "မြန်နှုန်းပြကိရိယာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velocímetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "車速錶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chēsùbiǎo",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "车速表"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "速度計"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sùdùjì",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "速度计"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "速度錶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sùdùbiǎo",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "速度表"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìsùqì",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "示速器"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "speedometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snelheidsmeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "rapidometro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ferðmálari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "nopeusmittari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "compteur de vitesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velocímetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contaquilómetros"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sṗidomeṭri",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "სპიდომეტრი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschwindigkeitsmesser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Tachometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tacho"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "מדידת מהירות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cālmāpī",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "चालमापी"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hraðamælir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luasmhéadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tachimetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokudokei",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "速度計"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "supīdomētā",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "スピードメーター"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "spidometr",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "спидометр"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ʼŏbâkârn៍វាស់ល្បឿន",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "ឧបករណ៍វាស់ល្បឿន"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sokdogye",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "속도계"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spidometras"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brzinomér",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брзиноме́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "jangka laju"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "meter laju"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "spidometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "ine-tere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "inerere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fartsmåler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "speedometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fartsmålar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "speedometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "spiḍomiṭôrô",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "ସ୍ପିଡୋମିଟର"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "سرعتسنج"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prędkościomierz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "licznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velocímetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vitezometru"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spidómetr",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спидо́метр"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brzinomjer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "velocímetro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuentakilómetros"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "spidometa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hastighetsmätare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vēkamāṉi",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "வேகமானி"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "hız göstergesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "spidometr"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle",
      "word": "đồng hồ tốc độ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "such a device incorporating an odometer",
      "word": "nopeusmittari"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "such a device incorporating an odometer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tachometer"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "speedometer"
  ],
  "word": "speedometer"
}

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