kilometre

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tə/
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• General-American: /kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/
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• General-American: /ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/
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• General-American: [-ɾɚ]
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• Scotland: /kɪˈlɔ.mɪ.təɹ/
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• Scotland: /ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/
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• India, North: /ˈkɪ.loːˌmiː.ʈə(r)/
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• India, North: /kɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/
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• India, South: /kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/
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• rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K IH2 L AO1 M AH2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K IH2 L AH0 M IY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵhesliyoy Proto-Hellenic *khehliyoi Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der. French kilo- Proto-Indo-European *meh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrumbor. French mètre French kilomètrebor. English kilometre From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.

135 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kilometër — unit of measure
• Arabic: كيلومتر (kīlomitr) — unit of measure
• Arabic: كيلومتر (kīlumetr) — unit of measure
• Armenian: կիլոմետր (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Asturian: quilómetru — unit of measure
• Asturian: kilómetru — unit of measure
• Azerbaijani: kilometr — unit of measure
• Bashkir: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Bashkir: саҡрым (saqrım) — unit of measure
• Belarusian: кіламе́тр (kilamjétr) — unit of measure
• Belarusian: кілямэ́тар (kiljamétar) — unit of measure
• Belarusian: вярста́ (vjarstá) — unit of measure
• Bengali: কিলোমিটার (kilōmiṭar) — unit of measure
• Bulgarian: киломе́тър (kilométǎr) — unit of measure
• Burmese: ကီလိုမီတာ (kiluimita) — unit of measure
• Catalan: quilòmetre — unit of measure
• Catalan: kilòmetre — unit of measure
• Chinese Cantonese: 公里 (gung1 lei5) — unit of measure
• Chinese Cantonese: 千米 (cin1 mai5) — unit of measure
• Chinese: гунли (gunli) — unit of measure
• Hakka Chinese: 公里 (kûng-lî) — unit of measure
• Hakka Chinese: 奇勞 /奇劳 (khi-ló) — unit of measure
• Chinese: 公里 (zh-min-nan) — unit of measure
• Chinese: khí-lo͘h — unit of measure
• Chinese Mandarin: 千米 (qiānmǐ) — unit of measure
• Chinese Mandarin: 公里 (gōnglǐ) — unit of measure
• Czech: kilometr — unit of measure
• Danish: kilometer — unit of measure
• Dhivehi: ކިލޯމީޓަރު (kilōmīṭaru) — unit of measure
• Dutch: kilometer — unit of measure
• Esperanto: kilometro — unit of measure
• Estonian: kilomeeter — unit of measure
• Finnish: kilometri — unit of measure
• Finnish: kilsa — unit of measure
• French: kilomètre — unit of measure
• West-Frisian: kilometer — unit of measure
• Galician: quilómetro — unit of measure
• Georgian: კილომეტრი (ḳilomeṭri) — unit of measure
• German: Kilometer — unit of measure
• Greek: χιλιόμετρο (chiliómetro) — unit of measure
• Gujarati: કિલોમીટર (kilomīṭar) — unit of measure
• Haitian Creole: kilomèt — unit of measure
• Hebrew: קִילוֹמֶטֶר (kilométer) — unit of measure
• Hindi: किलोमीटर (kilomīṭar) — unit of measure
• Hindi: सहस्रमान (sahasramān) — unit of measure
• Hungarian: kilométer — unit of measure
• Icelandic: kílómetri — unit of measure
• Ido: kilometro — unit of measure
• Indonesian: kilometer — unit of measure
• Ingrian: kilometra — unit of measure
• Interlingua: kilometro — unit of measure
• Irish: ciliméadar — unit of measure
• Italian: chilometro — unit of measure
• Japanese: キロメートル (kiromētoru) — unit of measure
• Kalmyk: дун (dun) — unit of measure
• Kannada: ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರು (kilōmīṭaru) — unit of measure
• Kashmiri: کِلومیٖٹَر (kilōmīṭar) — unit of measure
• Kazakh: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Kazakh: шақырым (şaqyrym) — unit of measure
• Khmer: គីឡូម៉ែត្រ (kiiloumaet) — unit of measure
• Korean: 킬로미터 (killomiteo) — unit of measure
• Northern Kurdish: kîlometre — unit of measure
• Kyrgyz: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Kyrgyz: чакырым (cakırım) — unit of measure
• Lao: ກິໂລແມັດ (ki lō mæt) — unit of measure
• Latin: chiliometrum — unit of measure
• Latvian: kilometrs — unit of measure
• Lithuanian: kilometras — unit of measure
• Lü: ᦜᧅ (l̇ak) — unit of measure
• Lü: ᦂᦲᦷᦟᦙᦶᧆ (k̇iilomaed) — unit of measure
• Macedonian: километар (kilometar) — unit of measure
• Malay: kilometer — unit of measure
• Malayalam: കിലോമീറ്റർ (kilōmīṟṟaṟ) — unit of measure
• Māori: manomita — unit of measure
• Māori: kiromita — unit of measure
• Marathi: किलोमीटर (kilomīṭar) — unit of measure
• Mongolian: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Nepali: किलोमिटर (kilomiṭar) — unit of measure
• Norwegian Bokmål: kilometer — unit of measure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kilometer — unit of measure
• Odia: କିଲୋମିଟର (kilomiṭara) — unit of measure
• Pashto: کيلومتر (kilométər) — unit of measure
• Persian: کیلومتر (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Polish: kilometr — unit of measure
• Brazilian Portuguese: quilômetro — unit of measure
• European Portuguese: quilómetro — unit of measure
• Punjabi: ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ (kilomīṭar) — unit of measure
• Romanian: kilometru — unit of measure
• Russian: киломе́тр (kilométr) — unit of measure
• Russian: верста́ (verstá) — unit of measure
• Northern Sami: kilomehter — unit of measure
• Sanskrit: किलोमीटर (kilomīṭara) — unit of measure
• Sardinian: chilòmitru — unit of measure
• Scottish Gaelic: cilemeatair — unit of measure
• Serbo-Croatian: ки̏лометар — unit of measure
• Serbo-Croatian: kȉlometar — unit of measure
• Shan: ၵိလူဝ်မႅတ် (kǐ lǒ mět) — unit of measure
• Slovak: kilometer — unit of measure
• Slovene: kilometer — unit of measure
• Southern Altai: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Southern Altai: чакырым (čakïrïm) — unit of measure
• Spanish: kilómetro — unit of measure
• Spanish: quilómetro — unit of measure
• Swahili: kilometa — unit of measure
• Swedish: kilometer — unit of measure
• Tagalog: kilometro — unit of measure
• Tajik: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Tamil: கிலோமீட்டர் (kilōmīṭṭar) — unit of measure
• Tatar: километр (kilometr) — unit of measure
• Tatar: чакрым (çaqrım) — unit of measure
• Tày: cái hin — unit of measure
• Telugu: కిలోమీటరు (kilōmīṭaru) — unit of measure
• Thai: กิโลเมตร (gì-loo-méet) — unit of measure
• Tibetan: སྤྱི་ལེ (spyi le) — unit of measure
• Tongan: kilomita — unit of measure
• Turkish: kilometre — unit of measure
• Turkish: çakrım ("verst") — unit of measure
• Turkmen: kilometr — unit of measure
• Ukrainian: кіломе́тр (kilométr) — unit of measure
• Ukrainian: верста́ (verstá) — unit of measure
• Urdu: کلومیٹر (kilōmīṭar) — unit of measure
• Uyghur: كىلومېتىر (kilomëtir) — unit of measure
• Uyghur: كىلومېتر (kilomëtr) — unit of measure
• Uyghur: چاقىرىم (chaqirim) — unit of measure
• Uzbek: kilometr — unit of measure
• Uzbek: chaqirim ("verst") — unit of measure
• Vietnamese: cây số — unit of measure
• Vietnamese: kilômet — unit of measure
• Vietnamese: ki lô mét — unit of measure
• Vietnamese: ki-lô-mét — unit of measure
• Welsh: cilometr — unit of measure
• Yakut: килэмиэтир (kilemietir) — unit of measure
• Yiddish: קילאָמעטער (kilometer) — unit of measure
• Yoruba: kìlómítà — unit of measure
• Zazaki: kilometre (diq) — unit of measure