Meanings
plural kilocalories
- A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.
Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
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Meronyms: calorie (small-calorie sense), small calorie, gram calorie, thermochemical calorie
Synonyms: calorie, large calorie, Calorie, kilogram calorie
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan quilocaloria, kilocaloria
- quilocaloriaunit of measure
- kilocaloriaunit of measure
Chinese 大卡
- 大卡 (dàkǎ)unit of measure
French kilocalorie, grande calorie
- kilocalorieunit of measure
- grande calorieunit of measure
German Kilokalorie
- Kilokalorieunit of measure
Hungarian kilokalória
- kilokalóriaunit of measure
Icelandic kílókaloría
- kílókaloríaunit of measure
Italian kilocaloria, chilocaloria
- kilocaloriaunit of measure
- chilocaloriaunit of measure
Japanese キロカロリー, 大カロリー
- キロカロリー (kirokarorī)unit of measure
- 大カロリー (daikarorī)unit of measure
Korean 킬로칼로리
- 킬로칼로리 (killokallori)unit of measure
Polish kilokaloria
- kilokaloriaunit of measure
Portuguese quilocaloria, grande-caloria
- quilocaloriaunit of measure
- grande-caloriaunit of measure
Spanish kilocaloría, quilocaloría
- kilocaloríaunit of measure
- quilocaloríaunit of measure
Swahili kilokalori
- kilokaloriunit of measure
Cite this entry
kilocalorie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilocalorie
“kilocalorie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilocalorie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kilocalorie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilocalorie.
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