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Revision as of 16:30, 13 June 2023
English
Etymology
From French kilomètre , from Ancient Greek χίλιοι ( khílioi , “ thousand ” ) + μέτρον ( métron , “ measure ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK – Scotland): (file )
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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
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 ( kilōmiṭar )
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) ( cakırım ) ( 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
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