different between kilocalorie vs calorie

English

Etymology

kilo- +? calorie

Noun

kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)

1. a non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie or Calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Usage notes

This prefix kilo- is generally applied to the small calorie, and not to the large calorie used in nutrition, to avoid confusion because 1,000 food calories would be 1,000,000 small calories.

Translations

Italian

Noun

kilocalorie f

1. plural of kilocaloria

Romanian

Etymology

From French kilocalorie

Noun

kilocalorie f (plural kilocalorii)

1. kilocalorie

Declension

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