kilometre

See also: kilòmetre, kilomètre, and kilo-metre

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- +‎ metre.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/, /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/, /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
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Noun

kilometre (plural kilometres)

(metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km

Synonyms

klick (military slang, used when referring to distance)
klom (mainly in science fiction)
km (official SI symbol)

Derived terms

Related terms

kilometric

Translations

unit of measure

Albanian: kilometër (sq) m
Arabic: كيلومتر‎ m (kīlomitr)
Egyptian Arabic: كيلومتر‎ m (kīlumetr)
Armenian: կիլոմետր (hy) (kilometr)
Asturian: quilómetru m, kilómetru m
Azerbaijani: kilometr (az)
Bashkir: километр (kilometr), саҡрым (saqrım) (colloquial, "verst")
Belarusian: кіламе́тр m (kilamjétr), кілямэ́тар m (kiljamétar), вярста́ f (vjarstá) (colloquial, "verst")
Bengali: কিলোমিটার (kilōmiṭar)
Bulgarian: киломе́тър (bg) m (kilométǎr)
Burmese: ကီလိုမီတာ (my) (kiluimita)
Catalan: quilòmetre (ca) m, kilòmetre (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 公里 (gung¹ lei⁵), 千米 (cin¹ mai⁵)

Dungan: гунли (gunli)

Hakka: 公里 (kûng-lî), 奇勞／奇劳 (khi-ló)

Mandarin: 公里 (zh) (gōnglǐ), 千米 (zh) (qiān-mǐ)

Min Nan: 公里 (zh-min-nan) (kong-lí), khí-lo͘h
Czech: kilometr (cs) m
Danish: kilometer (da) c
Dutch: kilometer (nl) m
Esperanto: kilometro
Estonian: kilomeeter
Finnish: kilometri (fi); kilsa (fi) (colloquial)
French: kilomètre (fr) m
Galician: quilómetro (gl) m
Georgian: კილომეტრი (ḳilomeṭri)
German: Kilometer (de) m
Greek: χιλιόμετρο (el) n (chiliómetro)
Haitian Creole: kilomèt
Hebrew: קִילוֹמֶטֶר‎ m (kilométer)
Hindi: किलोमीटर (hi) m (kilomīṭar), सहस्रमान m (sahasramān)
Hungarian: kilométer (hu)
Icelandic: kílómetri (is) m
Ido: kilometro (io)
Indonesian: kilometer (id)
Ingrian: kilometra
Interlingua: kilometro (ia)
Irish: ciliméadar m
Italian: chilometro (it) m
Japanese: キロメートル (ja) (kiromētoru)
Kannada: ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರು (kilōmīṭaru)
Kazakh: километр (kilometr), шақырым (şaqyrym) (colloquial, "verst")
Khmer: គីឡូម៉ែត្រ (km) (kiiloumaet)
Korean: 킬로미터 (ko) (killomiteo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kîlometre (ku) f
Kyrgyz: километр (ky) (kilometr), чакырым (ky) (cakırım) (colloquial, "verst")
Lao: ກິໂລແມັດ (lo) (ki lō mæt)
Latin: chiliometrum (la) n
Latvian: kilometrs m
Lithuanian: kilometras (lt) m
Lü: ᦜᧅ (l̇ak), ᦂᦲᦷᦟᦙᦶᧆ (k̇iilomaed)
Macedonian: километар m (kilometar)
Malay: kilometer
Maori: manomita, kiromita
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: километр (mn) (kilometr)
Northern Sami: kilomehter
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kilometer (no) m

Nynorsk: kilometer (no) m
Pashto: کيلومتر‎ m (kilométәr)
Persian: کیلومتر‎ (fa) (kilometr)
Polish: kilometr (pl) m
Portuguese: quilômetro (pt) m, quilómetro (pt) m, kilômetro m
Romanian: kilometru (ro) m
Russian: киломе́тр (ru) m (kilométr), верста́ (ru) f (verstá) (colloquial, "verst")
Sardinian: chilòmitru
Scottish Gaelic: cilemeatair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ки̏лометар m

Roman: kȉlometar (sh) m
Shan: ၵိလူဝ်မႅတ် (kǐ lǒ mět)
Slovak: kilometer
Slovene: kilometer (sl)
Spanish: kilómetro (es) m, quilómetro (es) m
Swahili: kilometa
Swedish: kilometer (sv) c
Tagalog: kilometro
Tajik: километр (tg) (kilometr)
Tatar: километр (kilometr), чакрым (tt) (çaqrım) (colloquial, "verst")
Telugu: కిలోమీటరు (kilōmīṭaru)
Thai: กิโลเมตร (th) (gì-loo-méet)
Tibetan: སྤྱི་ལེ། (Spyi le.)
Tongan: kilomita
Turkish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), çakrım (colloquial, "verst")
Turkmen: kilometr
Ukrainian: кіломе́тр (uk) m (kilométr), верста́ f (verstá) (colloquial, "verst")
Urdu: کلومیٹر‎ m (kilōmīṭar)
Uyghur: كىلومېتىر‎ (kilomëtir), كىلومېتر‎ (kilomëtr), چاقىرىم‎ (chaqirim) (colloquial, "verst")
Uzbek: kilometr (uz), chaqirim (uz) (colloquial, "verst")
Vietnamese: cây số (vi), kilômet, ki lô mét (vi), ki-lô-mét (vi)
Welsh: cilometr
West Frisian: kilometer (fy)
Yakut: килэмиэтир (kilemietir)
Yiddish: קילאָמעטער‎ m (kilometer)
Yoruba: kìlómítà
Zazaki: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Anagrams

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