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English

Alternative forms

• chiliogramme, chilogramme (both obsolete)
• kilogramme (dated)

Etymology

From French kilogramme; synchronically analyzable as kilo- +? gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l???æm/
• Hyphenation: kil?o?gram

Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10^-34 when expressed in units of kg?m²?s^?1. Symbol: kg
2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

• (proscribed, unit of weight): The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)
• Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

Synonyms

• kilo
• kg

Translations

See also

• kilogram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kilogram m inan

1. kilogram

Declension

Synonyms

• kilo

Further reading

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

Danish

Noun

kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

1. kilogram

Declension

References

• “kilogram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki?lo?gram

Noun

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

1. kilogram

Synonyms

• kilo

Further reading

• “kilogram” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Further reading

• “kilogram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Further reading

• “kilogram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From kilo- +? gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?i?l?.?ram/

Noun

kilogram m inan

1. kilogram

Declension

Synonyms

• (coll.) kilo

Further reading

• kilogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Further reading

• kilogram in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîlo?ram/
• Hyphenation: ki?log?ram

Noun

k?logram m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. kilogram

Declension

Further reading

• “kilogram” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki???ram/

Noun

kilogram m (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)

1. kilogram

Declension

Derived terms

• kilogramový

Further reading

• kilogram in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Tatar

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

kilo- +? gram

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Further reading

• kilogram in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

American English dialect pronunciation of curse.

Verb

cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)

1. (chiefly US) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
   • 1899, H. G. Wells, Mr. Brisher's Treasure

     I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.

Derived terms

• cuss out
• mooncusser

Translations

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

1. (chiefly US) A curse.
2. (chiefly US) A curse word.

Etymology 2

Clipping of customer.

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

1. (dated, chiefly US) A fellow, person.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
     "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"

Anagrams

• SCSU, SCUs