kilometre

• chiliometre, chilometer, chilometre (obsolete)
• kilometer (US)

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- +‎ metre.

• (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): /ˈkɪloːˌmiːʈəʳ/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

kilometre (plural kilometres)

2. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km

   Synonyms: km (official SI symbol); klick (military slang); klom (mainly in science fiction)

   Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre

   • 2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the River:

     When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.

   • 2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters‎^[1], archived from the original on 05 July 2021, Energy‎^[2]:

     The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.

• cubic kilometre
• kilometre zero
• kmph
• last kilometre
• square kilometre

• kilometric

• kilometer

• IPA^(key): [ˈkilɔmetre]

kilometre

1. nominative/accusative plural of kilometer

kilometre

1. inflection of kilometrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیلومتره (kilometre), كیلومترو (kilometro), from French kilomètre.

• IPA^(key): /ci.lo.met.ɾe/

kilometre (definite accusative kilometreyi, plural kilometreler)

1. (metrology) kilometer/kilometre (unit of length)

• kilometrekare
• km/s
• kilometre taşı