pedometer

1. 1.

   measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking

   Broadermeasuring instrument

Other forms of pedometer

plural

pedometers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pedometer

What does pedometer mean?

pedometer means "measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking".

How many syllables are in pedometer?

pedometer has 4 syllables and divides as pe-do-me-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.