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Latin
Etymology
From French kilomètre, Classicalizing compound of Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás, “thousand”) and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure, meter”)
Pronunciation
Noun
chīliometrum n (genitive chīliometrī); second declension
- (unit of measure, New Latin) a kilometre
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Globulus nuclearis maior et minor , Nuntii Latini 12.1.2018:
Mense Novembri Coreani Septentrionales experimentum fecerunt, quo missile in altitudinem quattuor milium et quingentorum chiliometrorum emiserunt.- In November North Korea carried out a test in which they sent a missile to a height of 4500 kilometres.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).