kilometre

See also: kilòmetre, kilomètre, and kilo-metre

English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/, /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/, /kɪˈlɔmɪtəɹ/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləˌmitɚ/, /kɪˈlɑmɪtɚ/, /kəˈlɑmɪtɚ/

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Noun

kilometre (plural kilometres)

2. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
   • 2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the River:

     When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.

   • 2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 July 2021, Energy‎^[2]:

     The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• cubic kilometre
• kilometre zero
• kmph
• square kilometre

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 (bn) (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)

  Hokkien: 公里 (zh-min-nan) (kong-lí), khí-lo͘h

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

• 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)
• Kalmyk: дун (dun)
• 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 (kilométər)
• 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: kilometre (tr), çakrım (colloquial, "verst")
• Turkmen: kilometr
• Tày: cái hin
• 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: kilometre (diq) m

Anagrams

• kilometer

Spanish

Verb

kilometre

1. inflection of kilometrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیلومتره (kilometre), كیلومترو (kilometro), from French kilomètre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ci.lo.met.ɾe/

Noun

kilometre (definite accusative kilometreyi, plural kilometreler)

1. (metrology) kilometer/kilometre (unit of length)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kilometre
Definite accusative	kilometreyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kilometre	kilometreler
Definite accusative	kilometreyi	kilometreleri
Dative	kilometreye	kilometrelere
Locative	kilometrede	kilometrelerde
Ablative	kilometreden	kilometrelerden
Genitive	kilometrenin	kilometrelerin

Derived terms

• kilometrekare
• km/s
• kilometre taşı