different between kilometre vs kilogram

English

Alternative forms

• chiliometre, chilometer, chilometre (obsolete)
• kilometer (American)

Etymology

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi, “thousand”) + ?????? (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kilometre (plural kilometres)

1. (official BIPM spelling, British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, Indian and South African spelling) (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km

Synonyms

• klick (military slang, used when referring to distance)
• km (official SI symbol)

Derived terms

• cubic kilometre
• square kilometre

Related terms

• kilometric

Translations

Anagrams

• 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