different between calorie vs kcalorie

English

Alternative forms

• calory (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæl??i/

Noun

calorie (plural calories)

1. (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules.
2. (physics, chemistry, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.

Usage notes

• Most scientific studies are now carried out using the joule (an SI unit).
• In nutritional contexts the term calorie refers to the kilogram calorie and the term kilocalorie refers to 1000 gram calories. Thus the two terms are equivalent.
• Calorie counters, such as those on fitness bikes, use the first, more modern, definition.
• European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Coralie, cariole, coalier, loricae

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French calorie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?lo??ri/
• Hyphenation: ca?lo?rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

calorie f (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje n)

1. calorie

Derived terms

• calorisch

French

Etymology

1845, formed from Latin calor + -ie. Cf. also French chaleur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.l?.?i/

Noun

calorie f (plural calories)

1. calorie

Further reading

• “calorie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Coralie

Italian

Noun

calorie f

1. plural of caloria

Anagrams

• colerai

Romanian

Etymology

From French calorie

Noun

calorie f (plural calorii)

1. calorie

Declension

English

Noun

kcalorie (plural kcalories)

1. Abbreviation of kilocalorie.

Synonyms

• kcal