kilometer

See also: Kilometer, kilométer, kilömeter, and kilo-meter

English

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/, /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɔmɪtəɹ/, /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /kɪl.o.mi.ʈɜʳ/

• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

Noun

kilometer (plural kilometers)

1. US spelling of kilometre.
   • 2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2013, Asia Pacific:

     When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.

   • 2016 August 11, “Chinese fishing boat collides with Greek freighter near Senkakus, 6 rescued”, in The Mainichi‎, archived from the original on 12 August 2016‎:

     At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.

Derived terms

• kilometer-wide
• multikilometer
• square kilometer
• subkilometer

References

• “kilometer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• kilometre

Danish

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)

1. kilometre (SI unit of length)

Declension

Declension of kilometer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kilometer	kilometeren	kilometer	kilometerne
genitive	kilometers	kilometerens	kilometers	kilometernes

Derived terms

• kvadratkilometer

References

• “kilometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiloːˌmeːtər/

• Audio:

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Noun

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

1. kilometre

   Het terrein beslaat ongeveer twee vierkante kilometer. ― The terrain covers about two square kilometers.

   Over een kilometertje of vijf komen we bij de pomp. ― We'll reach the gas station in about five kilometers.

Synonyms

• mijl (historical, now proscribed)

Derived terms

• vierkante kilometer

Descendants

• → Aukan: kilomeitri
• → Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)

1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

References

• “kilometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kilometer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)

1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

Derived terms

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

References

• “kilometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ki.lʲɔˈmɛ.tɛr]

Noun

kilometer m inan

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of kilometr

Noun

kilometer m pers

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of geometra

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “kilometer”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎ (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “gieometra”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 75

Slovak

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkilɔmeter]

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• Rhymes: -er

Noun

kilometer m inan (relational adjective kilometrový, diminutive kilometrík)

1. kilometre

Declension

Declension of kilometer
(pattern stroj)

	singular	plural
nominative	kilometer	kilometre
genitive	kilometra	kilometrov
dative	kilometru	kilometrom
accusative	kilometer	kilometre
locative	kilometri	kilometroch
instrumental	kilometrom	kilometrami

Further reading

• “kilometer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ mẹ̄ter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kilɔmèːtər/, /kilɔméːtər/
• Rhymes: -èːtər, -éːtər
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧me‧ter

Noun

kilomẹ̄ter m inan

1. kilometre

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	kilomẹ̄ter
gen. sing.	kilomẹ̄tra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	kilomẹ̄ter	kilomẹ̄tra	kilomẹ̄tri
genitive rodȋlnik	kilomẹ̄tra	kilomẹ̄trov	kilomẹ̄trov
dative dajȃlnik	kilomẹ̄tru, kilomẹ̄tri	kilomẹ̄troma, kilomẹ̄trama	kilomẹ̄trom, kilomẹ̄tram
accusative tožȋlnik	kilomẹ̄ter	kilomẹ̄tra	kilomẹ̄tre
locative mẹ̑stnik	kilomẹ̄tru, kilomẹ̄tri	kilomẹ̄trih, kilomẹ̄trah	kilomẹ̄trih, kilomẹ̄trah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	kilomẹ̄trom	kilomẹ̄troma, kilomẹ̄trama	kilomẹ̄tri
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	kilomẹ̄ter	kilomẹ̄tra	kilomẹ̄tri

Further reading

• “kilometer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kilometer”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

kilometer

Wikipedia ^sv

Alternative forms

• km (abbreviation)

Etymology

Internationalism, from kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɕɪlʊˈmeːtɛr/

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -¹eːtɛr

Noun

kilometer c

1. a kilometre

Declension

Declension of kilometer

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kilometer	kilometers
	definite	kilometern	kilometerns
plural	indefinite	kilometer	kilometers
	definite	kilometerna	kilometernas

Declension of kilometer

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kilometer	kilometers
	definite	kilometern	kilometerns
plural	indefinite	kilometrar	kilometrars
	definite	kilometrarna	kilometrarnas

Derived terms

• km/tim (“km/h”)
• kvadratkilometer

See also

• mil

References

• kilometer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kilometer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kilometer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)