kilo-

kilo-

See also: kilo, Kilo, kiló, kilö, kíló, and kíló-

English

Etymology

From French, kilo- irregularly derived from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”). The etymologically "correct" form would be chili- or chilo-, resulting in forms such as chiliasme (“chiliasm”) or chilopode (“centipede”); but the French, when creating the prefix, had to avoid a possible (standard) pronunciation of chi as /ʃi/, too close to the vulgar verb chier.

Prefix

SI prefix

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kilo-

1. In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 1,000. Symbol: k
2. (computing) Multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 2¹⁰ (1024)

Usage notes

• The usage of kilo as a 1024x multiplier in computing is considered obsolete in some groups, but others continue to use it this way. See kibi-.

Synonyms

• chilia-

Antonyms

• milli-

Related terms

English terms prefixed with kilo-

Translations

prefix

Albanian: kilo- Basque: kilo- (eu) Belarusian: кіла- (kila-) Bulgarian: кило- (kilo-) Catalan: quilo- (ca), kilo- (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 千- (yue) (cin1) Hakka: 千- (chhiên-) Mandarin: 千- (zh) (qiān-) Min Nan: 千- (zh-min-nan) (chhian-) Czech: kilo- (cs) Danish: kilo- (da) Dutch: kilo- (nl) Esperanto: kilo- Estonian: kilo- (et) Finnish: kilo- (fi) French: kilo- (fr) Galician: quilo- (gl) German: kilo- (de) Greek: χιλιό- (el) (chilió-), χιλιο- (el) (chilio-) Hindi: सहस्र- (sahasra-) Hungarian: kilo- (hu) Icelandic: kíló- Ido: kilo- Indonesian: kilo- Irish: cilea- Italian: chilo- (it), kilo- (it) Japanese: キロ- (kiro-) Korean: 킬로 (killo-) Latvian: kilo- Lithuanian: kilo- Malagasy: kilao- Malay: kilo- Marathi: सहस्र- (sahasra-) Nepali: सहस्र- (sahasra-) Norwegian: Bokmål: kilo- Nynorsk: kilo- Polish: kilo- (pl) Portuguese: quilo- (pt), kilo- Romanian: kilo- (ro) Russian: кило- (ru) (kilo-) Serbo-Croatian: kilo- Slovak: kilo- Slovene: kilo- Spanish: kilo- (es), quilo- Swedish: kilo- (sv) Tagalog: libo- Turkish: kilo- Ukrainian: кіло- (kilo-)

Further reading

• kilo- at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ilok, Loki

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Albanian

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Albanian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org

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Basque

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Basque terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• "kilogramo" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

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Catalan

Alternative forms

• quilo-

Etymology

From French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”).

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo- (SI prefix expressing 10³ of the base unit)

Usage notes

The letter k is not normally used in Catalan. Instead, Catalan orthography calls for using the qu digraph to represent the /k/ sound before an e or an i. Therefor, when the metric system was introduced into Catalan, the prefix kilo- was originally spelled quilo-. With the advent of k as a standard international abbreviation, usage of kilo- has become not only acceptable, but also more common than the traditional spelling. However, traditionalists still insist upon the use of quilo-.

Further reading

• “kilo-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “kilo-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “kilo-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Czech

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• kilo- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

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Danish

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From French kilo-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Dutch terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilogram” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

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Esperanto

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilogramo in Fundamento de Esperanto by L. L. Zamenhof, 1905

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Estonian

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism, from French kilo-, ultimately from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkilo-/, [ˈkilo̞-]

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

• kilogramma
• kilojoule
• kilokalori
• kilometri
• kilopondi
• kilotavu
• kilotonni
• kilowatti

Further reading

• "kilo-" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

Anagrams

• Koli, loki, olki

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French

Etymology

See English kilo-.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-” in Duden online
• “kilo-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkilo]
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo

Prefix

kilo-

1. (noun prefix) kilo-

   méter (“meter”) → kilométer (“kilometer”)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with kilo-

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian prefixes

Further reading

• kilométer in Hungarian–English dictionary at SZTAKI

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Ido

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Ido terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilogram-o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

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Italian

Prefix

kilo-

1. (sciences) kilo-

   Synonym: (in more general usage) chilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Latvian

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Latvian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- at tezaurs.lv

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Lithuanian

Noun

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilometras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilogram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.lɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilɔ
• Syllabification: ki‧lo

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kilo- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Prefix

kilo-

1. Alternative spelling of quilo-

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Romanian

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Romanian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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Serbo-Croatian

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Slovak terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kíːlɔ/

Prefix

kȋlo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Slovene terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Spanish

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• “kilo-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilo- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• olik

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Turkish

Prefix

kilo-

1. kilo-

Derived terms

Turkish terms prefixed with kilo-

Further reading

• kilogram in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu