different between viss vs kilo

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

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ki?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kilo?/
• Hyphenation: ki?lo
• Rhymes: -i?l??

Noun

kilo (plural kilos)

1. Clipping of kilogram.

Translations

See also

• kilo-

Anagrams

• Ilok, Loki

Chamicuro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish kilo.

Noun

kilo

1. kilo(gram)

Czech

Etymology

Clipping of kilogram.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kilo n

1. kilo, short for kilogram
2. (informal) a hundred crowns (Czech currency)

Declension

Synonyms

• (hundred crowns): stovka f

Derived terms

• p?tikilo n

See also

• litr m
• tác m
• b?r m
• pade f
• p?tka f
• ka?ka f

Further reading

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

kilo c (plural kilo's, diminutive kilootje n)

1. Abbreviation of kilogram.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kilo/, [?kilo?]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: ki?lo

Etymology 1

Clipping of kilogramma (“kilogram”)

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably from kileä? Cognate with Karelian kilo.

Noun

kilo

1. (rare) shine

Declension

Derived terms

• auringonkilo

Related terms

• kilottaa

Anagrams

• Koli, loki, olki

French

Etymology

From the prefix kilo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.lo/

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo

Further reading

• “kilo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Karao

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram

Latvian

Noun

kilo m (invariable)

1. alternative form of kilograms

Norman

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. (Jersey) kilo

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?k?ilo/

Noun

kilo

1. kilo, kilogramme

   Synonym: kilográm?má

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• gilo

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]

Noun

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloene)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa or kiloene)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet, usually spoken rather than written)

Synonyms

• kilogram

References

• “kilo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khílioi), via French kilo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çi?lu/, [?çi?.l?]

Noun

kilo m (definite singular kiloen, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

kilo n (definite singular kiloet, indefinite plural kilo, definite plural kiloa)

1. a kilo (1000 grammes)
2. kilo (letter K in the ICAO spelling alphabet)

Synonyms

• kilogram

References

• “kilo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i.l?/

Noun

kilo n (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) kilogram
2. (colloquial, rare) Any other unit whose name starts with kilo-, like the kilometre.

Romani

Noun

kilo m (plural kile)

1. stake

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kilo (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. vocative singular of kila

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki??/

Noun

kilo m (genitive singular kila, nominative plural kilá, genitive plural kíl, declension pattern of mesto)

1. kilo, short for kilogram

Declension

Derived terms

• kilový
• kile?ko

Further reading

• kilo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Noun

kilo

1. accusative/instrumental singular of kila

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of kilogramo.

Noun

kilo m (plural kilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

   Synonyms: kilogramo, quilo, quilogramo

2. the letter K in the Spanish spelling alphabet
3. (dated, Spain) a million pesetas
4. (Spain) a million euros

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kilo.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilo (n class, plural kilo) or kilo (ki-vi class, plural vilo)

1. kilogram

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?l?/, (now chiefly regional) /?ki?l?/

Noun

kilo n

1. kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)

Declension

See also

• kilo-

Anagrams

• olik

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiluq (cf. Ilocano nakillo (“winding; twisted; broken (of language)”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki?lô
• IPA^(key): /ki?lo?/, [kx??lo?]

Adjective

kilô

1. bent; crooked

   Synonym: buktot

2. curved

Alternative forms

• quilo (obsolete, Abecedario orthography)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Spanish kilo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ki?lo
• IPA^(key): /?kilo/, [?kx?lo]

Noun

kilo

1. kilo, short form of kilogram (unit of mass equal to 1000 grams)

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????? (kiló).

Noun

kilo

1. kilogram, kilo

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika