different between kilo vs gram

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ki?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kilo?/
• Hyphenation: ki?lo
• Rhymes: -i?l??

Noun

kilo (plural kilos)

1. Clipping of kilogram.

Translations

See also

• kilo-

Anagrams

• Ilok, Loki

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish kilo.

Noun

kilo

1. kilo(gram)

Czech

Etymology

Clipping of kilogram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?lo]
• Hyphenation: ki?lo

Noun

kilo n

1. kilo, short for kilogram
2. (informal) a hundred crowns (Czech currency)

Declension

Synonyms

• (hundred crowns): stovka f

Derived terms

• p?tikilo n

See also

• litr m
• tác m
• b?r m
• pade f
• p?tka f
• ka?ka f

Further reading

• kilo in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• kilo in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

kilo c (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)

1. Abbreviation of kilogram.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kilo/, [?kilo?]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ki?lo

Etymology 1

Clipping of kilogramma (“kilogram”)

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from kileä? Cognate with Karelian kilo.

Noun

kilo

1. (rare) shine

Declension

Derived terms

• auringonkilo

Related terms

• kilottaa

Anagrams

• Koli, loki, olki

French

Etymology

From the prefix kilo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.lo/

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo

Further reading

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

Karao

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram

Latvian

Noun

kilo m (invariable)

1. alternative form of kilograms

Norman

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. (Jersey) kilo

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?k?ilo/

Noun

kilo

1. kilo, kilogramme

   Synonym: kilográm?má

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• gilo

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]

Noun

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloene)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa or kiloene)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet, usually spoken rather than written)

Synonyms

• kilogram

References

• “kilo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]

Noun

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet)

Synonyms

• kilogram

References

• “kilo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i.l?/

Noun

kilo n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) kilogram
2. (colloquial, rare) Any other unit whose name starts with kilo-, like the kilometre.

Romani

Noun

kilo m (plural kile)

1. stake

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kilo (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. vocative singular of kila

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki??/

Noun

kilo m (genitive singular kila, nominative plural kilá, genitive plural kíl, declension pattern of mesto)

1. kilo, short for kilogram

Declension

Derived terms

• kilový
• kile?ko

Further reading

• kilo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Noun

kilo

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kila

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of kilogramo.

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

   Synonyms: kilogramo, quilo, quilogramo

2. the letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
3. (dated, Spain) a million pesetas
4. (Spain) a million euros

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kilo.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilo (n class, plural kilo) or kilo (ki-vi class, plural vilo)

1. kilogram

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?l?/, (now chiefly regional) /?ki?l?/

Noun

kilo n

1. kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)

Declension

See also

• kilo-

Anagrams

• olik

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiluq (cf. Ilocano nakillo (“winding; twisted; broken (of language)”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki?lô
• IPA^(key): /ki?lo?/, [kx??lo?]

Adjective

kilô

1. bent; crooked

   Synonym: buktot

2. curved

Alternative forms

• quilo (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish kilo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki?lo
• IPA^(key): /?kilo/, [?kx?lo]

Noun

kilo

1. kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????? (kiló).

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

English

Alternative forms

• gramme (dated, chiefly British)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm/
• Rhymes: -æm
• Homophone: graham (GenAm)

Etymology 1

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”). Doublet of gramma.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. A unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Translations

See also

• kilogram
• milligram
• List of SI units

Etymology 2

From obsolete Portuguese gram (modern Portuguese grão), from Latin gr?num. Doublet of grain.

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. A leguminous plant grown for its seeds, especially the chickpea.
2. (uncountable) The seeds of these plants.

Derived terms

• Bengal gram
• gram flour

Translations

Etymology 3

Diminutive of grandmother.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. Grandmother.

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /???e?m/, /???æm/

Noun

gram (uncountable)

1. (US) Misspelling of graham.

Etymology 6

Clipping of Instagram.

Noun

gram (plural grams)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of 'gram

References

Further reading

• gram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gram (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• MAgr, marg

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /???am/

Etymology 1

From French gramme.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Latin gr?men. Previously applied to grasses in general but now restricted to a few specific species.

Noun

gram m (plural grams)

1. Bermuda grass

Derived terms

• gram negre
• gramera
• gramós

Further reading

• “gram” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Derived terms

• miligram
• centigram
• decigram
• dekagram
• kilogram

Further reading

• gram in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• gram in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gramr, cognates with the Icelandic gramur (“resentful, irritated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Adjective

gram

1. irate

Inflection

Related terms

• gram i hu

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ?????? (grammá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/, [????m?]

Noun

gram n (singular definite grammet, plural indefinite gram)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/
• Hyphenation: gram
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma during the French Revolution, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Noun

gram n or m (plural grammen, diminutive grammetje n)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Derived terms

• centigram
• decagram
• decigram
• hectogram
• kilogram
• microgram
• milligram
• nanogram

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: gram

See also

• gewicht
• kilo

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch gram (“wrath”).

Adjective

gram (comparative grammer, superlative gramst)

1. (rare) angry, irate

Etymology 3

Substantivization of the adjective above.

Noun

gram m (uncountable, diminutive grammetje n)

1. (rare) wrath

See also

• gramschap
• toorn
• wrevel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gram, from Old High German gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gram (not comparable)

1. angry

Further reading

• “gram” in Duden online

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch gram, from French gramme, from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??ram]
• Hyphenation: gram

Noun

gram (first-person possessive gramku, second-person possessive grammu, third-person possessive gramnya)

1. gram: a unit of mass equal to one-thousandth of a kilogram. Symbol: g.

Further reading

• “gram” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????am?/

Noun

gram m (genitive singular graim, nominative plural graim)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "gram" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Adjective

gram

1. angry
2. sad, upset

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: gram

Further reading

• “gram”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “gram (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Old English gram, from Proto-Germanic *gramaz; cognate to Old Norse gramr. Related to grim.

Adjective

gram

1. Angry.
   • c. 1300, Havelok the Dane:

     For he knew, the swike dam, / Euerildel God was him gram.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma or grammene)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “gram_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma)

Noun

gram n (definite singular grammet, indefinite plural gram, definite plural gramma)

1. a gram, unit of weight, symbol g.

Derived terms

• mikrogram

References

• “gram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?m/

Adjective

gram

1. angry, hostile

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Etymology 1

Noun

gram m inan

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gram

1. first-person singular present indicative of gra?

Further reading

• gram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

gram m (plural grãos)

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Descendants

• ? English: gram

Adjective

gram

1. Obsolete spelling of grão

Romanian

Etymology

From French gramme.

Noun

gram n (plural grame)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From French gramme, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ram/

Noun

gram m (plural gramichean)

1. gram (unit of mass)

Mutation

Derived terms

• cileagram (“kilogram”)
• micreo-gram (“microgram”)

Related terms

• tunna (“tonne”)

References

• “gram” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gramme, a borrowing from Latin gramma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (grámma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?râm/

Noun

gr?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. gram (unit)

Declension

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

gram n

1. gram (unit of mass)

Tatar

Noun

gram

1. Latin spelling of ???? (gram, “gram (unit of mass)”)

Declension

Volapük

Noun

gram (nominative plural grams)

1. gram

Declension