kilogram

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See also: kilo-gram

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram

Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg
  2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

  • (proscribed, unit of weight): The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)
  • Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

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Czech

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram
    Synonym: kilo

Declension

Declension of kilogram (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilogramu kilogramů
dative kilogramu kilogramům
accusative kilogram kilogramy
vocative kilograme kilogramy
locative kilogramu kilogramech
instrumental kilogramem kilogramy

Further reading

  • kilogram in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kilogram in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

  1. kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kilogram kilogrammet kilogram kilogrammene
genitive kilograms kilogrammets kilograms kilogrammenes

References

Dutch

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

  1. kilogram

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “kilogram” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram
    Synonym: (colloquial) kilo

Declension

Declension of kilogram
singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilograma kilogramów
dative kilogramowi kilogramom
accusative kilogram kilogramy
instrumental kilogramem kilogramami
locative kilogramie kilogramach
vocative kilogramie kilogramy

Further reading

  • kilogram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kilogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.lo.ˈɡram/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kîloɡram/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

  1. kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram
singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogrami
genitive kilograma kilograma
dative kilogramu kilogramima
accusative kilogram kilograme
vocative kilograme kilogrami
locative kilogramu kilogramima
instrumental kilogramom kilogramima

Further reading

  • “kilogram” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilogram m inan (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. kilogram

Declension

Declension of kilogram
singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilogramu kilogramov
dative kilogramu kilogramom
accusative kilogram kilogramy
locative kilograme kilogramoch
instrumental kilogramom kilogramami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “kilogram”, 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, 2024

Tatar

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Declension

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declension of kilogram
singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogram
genitive kilogram kilogram
dative kilogram kilogram
accusative kilogram kilogram
locative kilogram kilogram
ablative kilogram kilogram

Turkish

Etymology

kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

  • “kilogram”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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