kilocalorie
English
Etymology
kilo- + calorie
Noun
kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)
- A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.
Usage notes
This prefix kilo- is generally applied to the small calorie, and not to the large calorie used in nutrition, to avoid confusion because 1,000 food calories would be 1,000,000 small calories.
Translations
unit of measure
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French
Noun
kilocalorie f (plural kilocalories)
- kilocalorie
Further reading
- “kilocalorie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
kilocalorie f
- plural of kilocaloria
Romanian
Etymology
From French kilocalorie.
Noun
kilocalorie f (plural kilocalorii)
- kilocalorie
Declension
Declension of kilocalorie
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) kilocalorie | kilocaloria | (niște) kilocalorii | kilocaloriile |
genitive/dative | (unei) kilocalorii | kilocaloriei | (unor) kilocalorii | kilocaloriilor |
vocative | kilocalorie, kilocalorio | kilocaloriilor |