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English
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilometer (plural kilometers)
- US spelling of kilometre
2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times, →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, archived from the original on 2016-08-12: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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References
- “kilometer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Noun
kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)
- kilometre (SI unit of length)
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Dutch
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)
- 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
- mijl (historical, now proscribed)
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Descendants
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Noun
kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)
- a kilometre (SI unit of length)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Noun
kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)
- a kilometre (SI unit of length)
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Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
kilometer m inan
- (Przemyśl) Alternative form of kilometr
Noun
kilometer m pers
- (Przemyśl) field surveyor
Further reading
- 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
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilometer m inan (relational adjective kilometrový, diminutive kilometrík)
- kilometre
Declension
Declension of
kilometer (pattern
stroj)
Further reading
- “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, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From kilo- + mẹ̄ter.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilomẹ̄ter m inan
- kilometre
Declension
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Swedish
Etymology
From kilo- + meter.
Pronunciation
Noun
kilometer c
- a kilometre
Usage notes
Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars
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