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kilometer

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

English

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/, /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/, /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

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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[1], →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[2], archived from the original on 2016-08-12‎[3]:
      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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

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kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)

  1. kilometre (SI unit of length)

Declension

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Declension of kilometer
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gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kilometer kilometeren kilometer kilometerne
genitive kilometers kilometerens kilometers kilometernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

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Noun

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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

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  • mijl (historical, now proscribed)

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Descendants

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  • → Aukan: kilomeitri
  • → Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

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

  1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

Noun

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

  1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

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Polish

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Noun

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kilometer m inan

  1. (Przemyśl) Alternative form of kilometr

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kilometer m pers

  1. (Przemyśl) field surveyor

Further reading

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  • 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

Slovak

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kilometer m inan (related adjective kilometrový, diminutive kilometrík)

  1. kilometre

Declension

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Declension of kilometer (pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativekilometerkilometre
genitivekilometrakilometrov
dativekilometrukilometrom
accusativekilometerkilometre
locativekilometrikilometroch
instrumentalkilometromkilometrami

Further reading

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  • “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, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

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Noun

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kilomẹ́ter m inan

  1. kilometre

Further reading

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  • “kilometer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ meter.

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Noun

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kilometer c

  1. a kilometre

Usage notes

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Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars

Declension

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

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