English

Alternative spellings

• (British, Canadian, etc.) kilometre

Etymology

From French kilomètre < Greek χίλιοι ('thousand') + μέτρον.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɪləmiɾɚ/ (American English)
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-kilometer.ogg

Noun

1. An SI#Abbreviation|SI/MKS unit of measure equal to one thousand meters.

Symbol

• km (official SI symbol), Km (chiefly American, in nonscientific usage, such as in road signs)

Translations

• Arabic: (kilomítr)
• Bosnian: {{t-|bs|kilometar|m}}
• Chinese: 千米 (qiān-mǐ), 公里 (gōng-lǐ)
• Croatian: {{t+|hr|kilometar|m}}
• Czech: {{t+|cs|kilometr|m}}
• Dutch:
• Estonian: kilomeeter
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|kilomètre|m}}
• German: {{t-|de|Kilometer|m}}
• Greek: χιλιόμετρο (çiliómetro)
• Hebrew: קילומטר (kilometer)
• Hungarian:
• Interlingua: kilometro
• Italian: {{t+|it|chilometro|m}}

• Japanese: {{t-|ja|キロメートル|tr=kiromētoru|sc=Jpan}}
• Korean: 킬로미터 (kilomituh)
• Latin: chiliometrum
• Portuguese: quilômetro
• Russian: {{t+|ru|километр|m|tr=kilométr|sc=Cyrl}}
• Serbian:
• : Cyrillic: километар#Serbian|километар
• : Roman: kilometar#Serbian|kilometar
• Sindhi:
• Spanish: {{t-|es|kilómetro|m}}
• Swedish: {{t+|sv|kilometer|c}}
• Tatar: kilometr
• Tongan: kilomita
• Vietnamese: cây số, kilômet

Category:SI units

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Dutch

Noun

{{infl|nl|noun|g=m}}

1. kilometer#English|kilometer

Derived terms

• vierkante kilometer

Category:nl:Units of measure

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Sv-kilometer.ogg

Noun

{{sv-noun-irreg-c|2=kilometern|3=kilometer|4=kilometerna}}

1. a kilometre

Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars

Category:Greek derivations Category:sv:Units of measure

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