different between kilogram vs kilometer

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

• (US) IPA^(key): /k??l?m?t??/, /?k?l??mit??/, /k??l?m?t??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l??mi?t?/, /k??l?m?t?/
• Rhymes: -?m?t?(?)

Noun

kilometer (plural kilometers)

1. (American spelling) Standard spelling of kilometre in the USA.

Derived terms

• square kilometer

References

“kilometer” in Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd rev. and updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, ?ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017.

Anagrams

• kilometre

Danish

Etymology

kilo- +? meter

Noun

kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)

1. kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

Declension

Derived terms

• kvadratkilometer

References

• “kilometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

kilo- +? meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kilo??me?t?r/

Noun

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

1. kilometer

Derived terms

• vierkante kilometer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From kilo- +? meter

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)

1. a kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From kilo- +? meter

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)

1. a kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

References

• “kilometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Etymology

kilo- +? meter

Noun

kilometer m

1. kilometre, kilometer

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

From kilo- +? meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kil?mè?t?r/

Noun

kilom??ter m inan

1. kilometre, kilometer

Further reading

• “kilometer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

kilo- +? meter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??me?t?r/

Noun

kilometer c

1. a kilometre

Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars

Declension

Derived terms

• kvadratkilometer

Related terms

• mil

Further reading

• kilometer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)