kilometri

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See also: kílómetri

Finnish

Etymology

kilo- +‎ metri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiloˌmetri/,
  • Rhymes: -etri
  • Hyphenation(key): kilo‧metri

Noun

kilometri

  1. kilometre/kilometer
  2. (informal) mile (great distance).
    Laukaus meni kilometrin ohi.
    The shot missed by a mile.

Declension

Inflection of kilometri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kilometri kilometrit
genitive kilometrin kilometrien
partitive kilometriä kilometrejä
illative kilometriin kilometreihin
singular plural
nominative kilometri kilometrit
accusative nom. kilometri kilometrit
gen. kilometrin
genitive kilometrin kilometrien
partitive kilometriä kilometrejä
inessive kilometrissä kilometreissä
elative kilometristä kilometreistä
illative kilometriin kilometreihin
adessive kilometrillä kilometreillä
ablative kilometriltä kilometreiltä
allative kilometrille kilometreille
essive kilometrinä kilometreinä
translative kilometriksi kilometreiksi
abessive kilometrittä kilometreittä
instructive kilometrein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kilometri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

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Further reading

Ido

Noun

kilometri

  1. plural of kilometro

Italian

Noun

kilometri m pl

  1. plural of kilometro

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

kilometri

  1. locative singular of kilometer

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian километр (kilometr).

Pronunciation

Noun

kilometri

  1. kilometer

Inflection

Declension of kilometri (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kilometri kilometrid
genitive kilometri kilometrije, kilometrii
partitive kilometriä kilometriite, kilometrii
illative kilometrise, kilometri kilometriise
inessive kilometriz kilometriiz
elative kilometrisse kilometriisse
allative kilometrile kilometriile
adessive kilometrille kilometriille
ablative kilometrilte kilometriilte
translative kilometrissi kilometriissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kilometri”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn