kilogram

See also: kilo-gram

English

Alternative forms

chiliogramme, chilogramme (both obsolete)
kilogramme (dated)

Etymology

From French kilogramme; synchronically analyzable as kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram

Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant $h$ to be 6.626 070 15 × 10^-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m²⋅s⁻¹. Symbol: kg
(proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

(proscribed, unit of weight): The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)
Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

Synonyms

kilo
kg

Translations

unit of mass equal to 1000 grams

Afrikaans: kilogram
Albanian: kilogram (sq) m
Amharic: ኪሎግራም (kilogram)
Arabic: كِيلُوغْرَام‎ m (kīlūḡrām), كِيلُوجْرَام‎ m (kīlūgrām)
Egyptian Arabic: كيلوجرام‎ m (kilogrām)
Armenian: կիլոգրամ (hy) (kilogram), (colloquial) կիլո (hy) (kilo)
Asturian: quilogramu m, kilogramu m
Azerbaijani: kiloqram
Bashkir: килограмм (kilogramm)
Belarusian: кілагра́м m (kilahrám), кілягра́м m (kiljahrám)
Bengali: কিলো (kilo), কিলোগ্রাম (kilogram)
Bulgarian: килогра́м (bg) m (kilográm)
Burmese: ကီလိုဂရမ် (my) (kiluiga.ram)
Catalan: quilogram (ca) m
Chamicuro: kilo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 公斤 (yue) (gung¹ gan¹), 千克 (cin¹ hak¹)
Dungan: гунҗин (gunžin), кило (kilo), килограмм (kilogramm)
Hakka: 公斤 (kûng-kîn), 奇勞, 奇劳 (ki-ló)
Mandarin: 公斤 (zh) (gōngjīn), 千克 (zh) (qiān kè)
Min Nan: 公斤 (zh-min-nan) (kong-kin)
Czech: kilogram (cs) m
Danish: kilogram (da) n
Dutch: kilogram (nl) m
Esperanto: kilogramo
Estonian: kilogramm, kilo (et)
Faroese: kilogramm n
Finnish: kilogramma (fi)
French: kilogramme (fr) m, kilo (fr) m
Galician: quilogramo (gl) m
Georgian: კილოგრამი (ḳilogrami)
German: Kilogramm (de) n
Greek: χιλιόγραμμο (el) n (chiliógrammo), κιλό (el) n (kiló),
Gujarati: કિલોગ્રામ (kilogrām)
Hebrew: קִילוֹגְרָם‎ (he) m (kilogram)
Hindi: किलो m (kilo), किलोग्राम m (kilogrām)
Hungarian: kilogramm (hu)
Icelandic: kílógramm (is)
Indonesian: kilogram (id)
Irish: cileagram m
Italian: chilogrammo (it) m, chilo (it) m
Japanese: キログラム (ja) (kiroguramu), キロ (ja) (kiro)
Jarai: kĭ
Kannada: ಕಿಲೋಗ್ರಾಮ್ (kilōgrām)
Kazakh: килограмм (kilogramm)
Khmer: គីឡូក្រាម (km) (kiiloukraam)
Korean: 킬로그램 (ko) (killogeuraem), 키로 (ko) (kiro), 킬로 (ko) (killo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kîlo (ku), kîlogram (ku)
Kyrgyz: килограмм (kilogramm)
Lao: ກິໂລກຣາມ (ki lōk rām), ກິໂລ (lo) (ki lō), ກິໂລກາມ (ki lō kām)
Latin: kilogramma n, chiliogramma (la) n
Latvian: kilograms m, kilo m
Lithuanian: kilogramas (lt) m
Lü: ᦂᦲᦷᦟᦂᧄ (k̇iilok̇am)
Macedonian: килограм m (kilogram)
Malagasy: kilaograma (mg)
Malay: kilogram
Malayalam: കിലോഗ്രാം (kilōgrāṃ)
Maltese: kilogramm m
Maori: kirokaramu, manokaramu
Marathi: किलोग्रॅम (kilogrĕm)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: килограмм (mn) (kilogramm)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kilogram
Ottoman Turkish: اوقه‎ (oqqa)
Pashto: کېلو‎ m (kiló, keló), کيلوګرام‎ m
Persian: کیلوگرم‎ (fa) (kilogram)
Polish: kilogram (pl) m, kilo (pl) n
Portuguese: quilograma (pt) m, kilograma f
Romanian: kilogram (ro) n
Russian: килогра́мм (ru) m (kilográmm), кило́ (ru) n (kiló)
Rusyn: килогра́м m (kylohrám)
Scottish Gaelic: cileagram m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ки̏лограм m
Roman: kȉlogram (sh) m
Shan: ၵိလူဝ်ၷြမ် (kǐ lǒ grǎm)
Sinhalese: කිලෝග්‍රෑම් (kilōgrǣm)
Slovak: kilogram m
Slovene: kilogram (sl)
Sotho: kilogeramo
Spanish: kilogramo (es) m, quilogramo (es) m
Swahili: kilo (sw)
Swedish: kilogram (sv), kilo (sv)
Tagalog: libogramo, kilogramo
Tajik: килограмм (kilogramm)
Tamil: கிலோகிராம் (ta) (kilōkirām)
Tatar: килограм (kiloğram)
Telugu: కిలోగ్రాము (kilōgrāmu)
Thai: กิโลกรัม (th) (gì-loo-gram), กิโล (th) (gì-loo), โล (th) (loo)
Tibetan: ཀི་ལོ (ki lo), སྤྱི་རྒྱ (spyi rgya), སྤྱིའི་རྒྱ་མ (spyi'i rgya ma)
Turkish: kilogram (tr), kilo (tr); okka (tr)
Turkmen: kilogramm
Ukrainian: кілогра́м (uk) m (kilohrám)
Urdu: کلوگرام‎ m (kilogrām)
Uyghur: كىلوگرام‎ (kilogram)
Uzbek: kilogramm (uz)
Vietnamese: kilôgam (vi), ki-lô-gam (vi), ki-lô (vi), kí lô (vi), ký (vi) (regional), kí (vi) (regional)
Welsh: cilogram
Yiddish: קילאָ‎ n (kilo)
Yoruba: kìlógíráàmù, kílò
Zazaki: kilogram (diq) m

Czech

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɪloɡram]
Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m inan

kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilogramu	kilogramů
dative	kilogramu	kilogramům
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
vocative	kilograme	kilogramy
locative	kilogramu	kilogramech
instrumental	kilogramem	kilogramy

Synonyms

kilo

Danish

Noun

kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kilogram	kilogrammet	kilogram	kilogrammene
genitive	kilograms	kilogrammets	kilograms	kilogrammenes

References

“kilogram” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

kilogram

Synonyms

kilo

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

kilogram

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

kilogram

Polish

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kiˈlɔɡ.ram/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔɡram
Syllabification: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kilogram m inan

kilogram
Synonym: (colloquial) kilo

Declension

Declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilograma	kilogramów
dative	kilogramowi	kilogramom
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
instrumental	kilogramem	kilogramami
locative	kilogramie	kilogramach
vocative	kilogramie	kilogramy

Romanian

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki.lo.ˈɡram/
Rhymes: -am
Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram

kilogram

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kîloɡram/
Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogrami
genitive	kilograma	kilograma
dative	kilogramu	kilogramima
accusative	kilogram	kilograme
vocative	kilograme	kilogrami
locative	kilogramu	kilogramima
instrumental	kilogramom	kilogramima

Slovak

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkiɫɔɡram/

Noun

kilogram m (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)

kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilogramu	kilogramov
dative	kilogramu	kilogramom
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
locative	kilograme	kilogramoch
instrumental	kilogramom	kilogramami

Derived terms

kilogramový

Tatar

Noun

kilogram

kilogram

Declension

declension of kilogram

Nominative	kilogram
Genitive	kilogramnıñ
Dative	kilogramga
Accusative	kilogramnı
Locative	kilogramda
Ablative	kilogramdan

Turkish

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

kilogram

kilogram

English

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