kilometre

See also: kilòmetre and kilomètre

English

Alternative forms

• chiliometre, chilometer, chilometre (obsolete)
• kilometer (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi

Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der.

French kilo-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.

Latin metrumbor.

French mètre

French kilomètrebor.

English kilometre

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- +‎ metre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/, /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/
• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɔmɪtə/, /ˈkɪləˌmɪjtə/

  • Audio (Southern England); /kɪˈlɔmɪtə/:

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/, [-ɾɚ]

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɔmɪtəɾ/, /ˈkɪləˌmitəɾ/

  • Audio (Scotland); /ˈkɪləˌmitəɾ/:

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɔmətə/, /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɒmətə/, /ˈkələˌmiːtə/
• (North India) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.loːˌmiː.ʈə(r)/, /kɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/
• (South India) IPA^(key): /kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

Noun

kilometre (plural kilometres)

2. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km

   Synonyms: km (official SI symbol); klick (military slang); klom (mainly in science fiction)

   Holonyms: megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre

   Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre

   • 2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the River:

     When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.

   • 2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 July 2021, Energy‎^[2]:

     The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.

Derived terms

• cubic kilometre
• kilometre zero
• kmph
• last kilometre
• square kilometre

Related terms

• kilometric

Translations

unit of measure

• Albanian: kilometër (sq) m
• Arabic: كيلومتر m (kīlomitr)

  Egyptian Arabic: كيلومتر m (kīlumetr)

• Armenian: կիլոմետր (hy) (kilometr)
• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: quilómetru m, kilómetru m
• Azerbaijani: kilometr (az)
• Bashkir: километр (kelumitr), саҡрым (saqrım) (colloquial, "verst")
• Belarusian: кіламе́тр m (kilamjétr), кілямэ́тар m (kiljamétar), вярста́ f (vjarstá) (colloquial, "verst")
• Bengali: কিলোমিটার (bn) (kilōmiṭar)
• Bulgarian: киломе́тър (bg) m (kilométăr)
• Burmese: ကီလိုမီတာ (my) (kiluimita)
• Catalan: quilòmetre (ca) m, kilòmetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公里 (gung¹ lei⁵), 千米 (cin¹ mai⁵)

  Dungan: гунли (gunli)

  Hakka: 公里 (kûng-lî), 奇勞 / 奇劳 (khi-ló)

  Hokkien: 公里 (zh-min-nan) (kong-lí), khí-lo͘h

  Mandarin: 千米 (zh) (qiānmǐ), 公里 (zh) (gōnglǐ),

• Czech: kilometr (cs) m
• Danish: kilometer (da) c
• Dhivehi: ކިލޯމީޓަރު (kilōmīṭaru)
• Dutch: kilometer (nl) m
• Esperanto: kilometro
• Estonian: kilomeeter
• Finnish: kilometri (fi); kilsa (fi) (colloquial)
• French: kilomètre (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: kilometer (fy)

• Galician: quilómetro (gl) m
• Georgian: კილომეტრი (ḳilomeṭri)
• German: Kilometer (de) m
• Greek: χιλιόμετρο (el) n (chiliómetro)
• Gujarati: કિલોમીટર m (kilomīṭar)
• Haitian Creole: kilomèt
• Hebrew: קִילוֹמֶטֶר m (kilométer)
• Hindi: किलोमीटर (hi) m (kilomīṭar), सहस्रमान m (sahasramān)
• Hungarian: kilométer (hu)
• Icelandic: kílómetri (is) m
• Ido: kilometro (io)
• Indonesian: kilometer (id)
• Ingrian: kilometra
• Interlingua: kilometro (ia)
• Irish: ciliméadar m
• Italian: chilometro (it) m
• Japanese: キロメートル (ja) (kiromētoru)
• Kalmyk: дун (dun)
• Kannada: ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರು (kilōmīṭaru)
• Kashmiri: کِلومیٖٹَر (kilōmīṭar)
• Kazakh: километр (kiylometr), шақырым (šaqırım) (colloquial, "verst")
• Khmer: គីឡូម៉ែត្រ (km) (kiiloumaet)
• Korean: 킬로미터 (ko) (killomiteo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kîlometre (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: километр (ky) (kilometr), чакырым (ky) (cakırım) (colloquial, "verst")
• Lao: ກິໂລແມັດ (lo) (ki lō mæt)
• Latin: chiliometrum (la) n
• Latvian: kilometrs m
• Lithuanian: kilometras (lt) m
• Lü: ᦜᧅ (l̇ak), ᦂᦲᦷᦟᦙᦶᧆ (k̇iilomaed)
• Macedonian: километар m (kilometar)
• Malay: kilometer
• Malayalam: കിലോമീറ്റർ (kilōmīṟṟaṟ)
• Māori: manomita, kiromita
• Marathi: किलोमीटर m (kilomīṭar)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: километр (mn) (kilometr)

• Nepali: किलोमिटर (kilomiṭar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kilometer (no) m

  Nynorsk: kilometer (no) m

• Odia: କିଲୋମିଟର (kilomiṭara)
• Pashto: کيلومتر m (kilométər)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: کیلومِتْر (fa) (kilometr)

• Polish: kilometr (pl) m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: quilômetro (pt) m

  European Portuguese: quilómetro (pt) m

• Punjabi: ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ m (kilomīṭar)
• Romanian: kilometru (ro) m
• Russian: киломе́тр (ru) m (kilométr), верста́ (ru) f (verstá) (colloquial, "verst")
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: kilomehter

• Sanskrit: किलोमीटर m (kilomīṭara)
• Sardinian: chilòmitru
• Scottish Gaelic: cilemeatair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ки̏лометар m

  Latin: kȉlometar (sh) m

• Shan: ၵိလူဝ်မႅတ် (kǐ lǒ mět)
• Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: kilometer
• Slovene: kilometer (sl)
• Southern Altai: километр (kilometr), чакырым (čakïrïm)
• Spanish: kilómetro (es) m, quilómetro (es) m
• Swahili: kilometa
• Swedish: kilometer (sv) c
• Tagalog: kilometro
• Tajik: километр (tg) (kilometr)
• Tamil: கிலோமீட்டர் (ta) (kilōmīṭṭar)
• Tatar: километр (kilometr), чакрым (tt) (çaqrım) (colloquial, "verst")
• Tày: cái hin
• Telugu: కిలోమీటరు (kilōmīṭaru)
• Thai: กิโลเมตร (th) (gì-loo-méet)
• Tibetan: སྤྱི་ལེ (spyi le)
• Tongan: kilomita
• Turkish: kilometre (tr), çakrım (colloquial, "verst")
• Turkmen: kilometr
• Ukrainian: кіломе́тр (uk) m (kilométr), верста́ f (verstá) (colloquial, "verst")
• Urdu: کلومیٹر m (kilōmīṭar)
• Uyghur: كىلومېتىر (kilomëtir), كىلومېتر (kilomëtr), چاقىرىم (chaqirim) (colloquial, "verst")
• Uzbek: kilometr (uz), chaqirim (uz) (colloquial, "verst")
• Vietnamese: cây số (vi) (核數), kilômet (箕盧𠼽), ki lô mét (vi), ki-lô-mét (vi)
• Welsh: cilometr
• Yakut: килэмиэтир (kilemietir)
• Yiddish: קילאָמעטער m (kilometer)
• Yoruba: kìlómítà
• Zazaki: kilometre (diq) m

Anagrams

• kilometer

Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪloːmʲɛˈtʲrʲɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: ki‧lo‧me‧trè

Noun

kilometrè m

1. locative singular of kilomètras

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪloːˈmʲɛtʲrʲɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛtʲrʲɛ
• Syllabification: ki‧lo‧mè‧tre

Noun

kilomètre m

1. vocative singular of kilomètras

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kilɔmetre/, [ˈkilɔmetre]
• Rhymes: -etre
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧met‧re

Noun

kilometre

1. nominative/accusative plural of kilometer

Spanish

Verb

kilometre

1. inflection of kilometrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیلومتره (kilometre), كیلومترو (kilometro), from French kilomètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci.lo.met.ɾe/

Noun

kilometre (definite accusative kilometreyi, plural kilometreler)

1. (metrology) kilometer/kilometre (unit of length)

Declension

Declension of kilometre

	singular	plural
nominative	kilometre	kilometreler
definite accusative	kilometreyi	kilometreleri
dative	kilometreye	kilometrelere
locative	kilometrede	kilometrelerde
ablative	kilometreden	kilometrelerden
genitive	kilometrenin	kilometrelerin

Derived terms

• kilometrekare
• km/s
• kilometre taşı