tachograph
/ˈtækəɡɹæf/noun
tachograph is a noun meaning “A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-C-H-O-G-R-A-P-H, and it appears about once in every 44 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tachograph is tachographs.
What does tachograph mean?
noun
- 1
A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tachograph?
- /ˈtækəɡɹæf/
- /ˈtækəɡɹɑːf/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tachograph
- tachographs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tachograph?
Tachograph appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate tachograph?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tachograph: tacho.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tachograph in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense checking device:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chronotachygraphe, mouchard |
| German | Fahrtenschreiber, Tachograf |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tachograph come from?
From tacho- + -graph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).