Meanings
plural kilos
- abbreviationclippingClipping of kilogram.
1 more example
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.
2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects as chefs put bugs back on the menu”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 32 - international standardsAlternative letter-case form of Kilo from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic كِيلُو
- كِيلُو (kīlū)short form of kilogram
Bulgarian кило́
- кило́ (kiló)short form of kilogram
Catalan quilo
- quiloshort form of kilogram
Chinese Cantonese 啟羅 /启罗
- 啟羅 /启罗 (kai² lo⁴)short form of kilogram
Chinese Mandarin 公斤, 千克
- 公斤 (gōngjīn)short form of kilogram
- 千克 (qiānkè)short form of kilogram
Czech kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Danish kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Estonian kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Finnish kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
French kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
German Kilo
- Kiloshort form of kilogram
Greek κιλό
- κιλό (kiló)short form of kilogram
Hindi किलो
- किलो (kilo)short form of kilogram
Hungarian kiló
- kilóshort form of kilogram
Italian chilo
- chiloshort form of kilogram
Japanese キロ
- キロ (kiro)short form of kilogram
Korean 킬로
- 킬로 (killo)short form of kilogram
Latvian kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Norwegian Bokmål kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Persian کیلو
- کیلو (kilu)short form of kilogram
Polish kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Portuguese quilo
- quiloshort form of kilogram
Romanian kil, chil
- kilshort form of kilogram
- chilshort form of kilogram
Russian кило́
- кило́ (kiló)short form of kilogram
Slovak kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Spanish kilo, quilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
- quiloshort form of kilogram
Swahili kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Swedish kilo
- kiloshort form of kilogram
Tamil கிலோ
- கிலோ (kilō)short form of kilogram
Thai โล, กิโล
- โล (loh)short form of kilogram
- กิโล (gì-loo)short form of kilogram
Ukrainian кіло́
- кіло́ (kiló)short form of kilogram
Yiddish קילאָ
- קילאָ (kilo)short form of kilogram
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with kilo
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Cite this entry
kilo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilo
“kilo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilo. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kilo,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilo.
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