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”).

Pronunciation

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

kilometre (plural kilometres)

(official BIPM spelling, British spelling, Canadian spelling, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, Indian and South African spelling) (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

cubic kilometre
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 (kilomiṭar)
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)
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) (çakırım) (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: kilometre (tr), 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
Yakut: килэмиэтир (kilemietir)
Yiddish: קילאָמעטער‎ m (kilometer)
Yoruba: kìlómítà
Zazaki: kilometre (diq) m

Anagrams

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