pedometer

Meaning

A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.

Synonyms

passometer

step counter

pedimeter

speedometer

odograph

land travel

pitchometer

infant scale

distance recorder

mileage counter

cyclometer

mileage table

hodometer

odometer

Translations

Schrittzähler

Pedometer

podómetro

pedometro

podomètre

cuentapasos

podòmetre

compte-pas

pedómetro

pedômetro

Schrittmesser

pedometre

pedometer

podômetro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɪˈdɑmətɚ/

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.