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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

Alternative forms

• vis

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil ???? (v?cai) and/or Telugu ???? (v?se)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

viss (plural visses)

1. A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).

Related terms

• tical (a unit of weight equal to 0.01 viss)

Translations

Anagrams

• ISVs

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse viss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Swedish viss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Adjective

viss (comparative vissari, superlative vissastur)

1. certain, sure, positive

   Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.

   Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.

2. certain, having been determined but unspecific

   Að falla úr vissri hæð.

   To fall from a certain height.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (sure): öruggur, (informal, dated) sikker
• (certain): ákveðinn

Derived terms

• óviss

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *visas, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-s, from *wi-, *w?- (“separated, divided; two parts of a whole”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìsas, Sudovian wisa, Proto-Slavic *v?x? (Old Church Slavonic ???? (v?s?), Russian ???? (ves?), Belarusian ?????? (uvjés?), Ukrainian ???? (ves?), ?????? (uvés?), Bulgarian ??? (vse), Czech ves, Polish wszy, Sanskrit ?? (ví, “apart, asunder, off, in several directions”), ????? (ví?va, “all, each, whole”), Avestan ????????????????????-? (v?spa-), Old Persian [script needed] (visa-, “all, whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vis]

Adjective

viss (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))

1. (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)

2. (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)

3. (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)

4. (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)

Pronoun

viss (indefinite)

1. (masculine singular forms) all, everything, anything

   vieta, kur? var?ja atrast visu ko: labo un slikto, jauno un veco, atpalikušo un progres?vo - a place where one could find all that (= all kinds of things): good and bad, new and old, backward and progressive

2. (plural forms) all, everyone, everybody

   visi jau ir pa?duši - everybody has already eaten

   visi ir veseli - all are healthy

   n?ca visi kop? - they all came together

   visu v?rd? - in the name of (= on behalf of) everyone

   visi bez iz??muma - everybody, without exception

   visi skraid?ja ap ugunsgr?ku k? apmulsuši, cits caur citu vaiman?dami - everybody (just) ran around the fire confusedly, wailing at each other

   visi, kas no m?tes ir aizg?juši pasaul? laimi mekl?t, ir apg?juši pasaulei apk?rt un atraduši tikai m?ti - all those who went away from their mother to look for happiness in the world, went all around the world and found only (their) mother

Usage notes

Viss has no definite forms; the indefinite forms are used in all cases. It has also no comparative or superlative forms.

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "whole"): vesels
• (for time periods): augs

Antonyms

• (of "everything"): nekas

Derived terms

• All superlative adjectives and superlative adverbs.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse víss

Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)

1. certain

   til en viss grad - to a certain extent

Antonyms

• uviss

Derived terms

• visshet

References

• “viss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víss

Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)

1. certain

Antonyms

• uviss

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wes

Conjunction

viss

1. if

Synonyms

• dersom

References

• “viss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Icelandic viss.

Pronunciation

Adjective

viss (comparative vissare, superlative vissast)

1. certain, convinced

   Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.

   The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.

2. some, certain, particular (not comparable)

   I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.

   In some ways, it doesn't work.

Declension

Related terms

• visshet

See also

• några