Meanings
plural kilometres · alternative obsolete chiliometre · alternative obsolete chilometer · alternative obsolete chilometre · alternative US kilometer
- metrologyAn SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km
Holonyms: megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
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Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre
When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean.
2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the RiverThe 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi.
2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2021, Energy
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nouna metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles)
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰesliyoy
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoi
- Ancient Greekχίλιοι (khílioi)
- Frenchkilo-
- Proto-Indo-European*med-
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
- Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
- Latinmetrum
- Frenchmètre
- Frenchkilomètre
- Englishkilometre
From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.
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Arabic كيلومتر
- كيلومتر (kīlomitr)unit of measure
Bengali কিলোমিটার
- কিলোমিটার (kilōmiṭar)unit of measure
Brazilian Portuguese quilômetro
- quilômetrounit of measure
Bulgarian киломе́тър
- киломе́тър (kilométăr)unit of measure
Catalan quilòmetre, kilòmetre
- quilòmetreunit of measure
- kilòmetreunit of measure
Chinese Cantonese 公里, 千米
- 公里 (gung¹ lei⁵)unit of measure
- 千米 (cin¹ mai⁵)unit of measure
Chinese Mandarin 千米, 公里
- 千米 (qiānmǐ)unit of measure
- 公里 (gōnglǐ)unit of measure
Czech kilometr
- kilometrunit of measure
Danish kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Dutch kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Esperanto kilometro
- kilometrounit of measure
Estonian kilomeeter
- kilomeeterunit of measure
European Portuguese quilómetro
- quilómetrounit of measure
Finnish kilometri, kilsa
- kilometriunit of measure
- kilsaunit of measure
French kilomètre
- kilomètreunit of measure
German Kilometer
- Kilometerunit of measure
Greek χιλιόμετρο
- χιλιόμετρο (chiliómetro)unit of measure
Hebrew קִילוֹמֶטֶר
- קִילוֹמֶטֶר (kilométer)unit of measure
Hindi किलोमीटर, सहस्रमान
- किलोमीटर (kilomīṭar)unit of measure
- सहस्रमान (sahasramān)unit of measure
Hungarian kilométer
- kilométerunit of measure
Icelandic kílómetri
- kílómetriunit of measure
Indonesian kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Irish ciliméadar
- ciliméadarunit of measure
Italian chilometro
- chilometrounit of measure
Japanese キロメートル
- キロメートル (kiromētoru)unit of measure
Korean 킬로미터
- 킬로미터 (killomiteo)unit of measure
Latin chiliometrum
- chiliometrumunit of measure
Latvian kilometrs
- kilometrsunit of measure
Lithuanian kilometras
- kilometrasunit of measure
Malay kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Māori manomita, kiromita
- manomitaunit of measure
- kiromitaunit of measure
Norwegian Bokmål kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Norwegian Nynorsk kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Polish kilometr
- kilometrunit of measure
Punjabi ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ
- ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ (kilomīṭar)unit of measure
Romanian kilometru
- kilometruunit of measure
Russian киломе́тр, верста́
- киломе́тр (kilométr)unit of measure
- верста́ (verstá)unit of measure
Scottish Gaelic cilemeatair
- cilemeatairunit of measure
Slovak kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Spanish kilómetro, quilómetro
- kilómetrounit of measure
- quilómetrounit of measure
Swahili kilometa
- kilometaunit of measure
Swedish kilometer
- kilometerunit of measure
Tagalog kilometro
- kilometrounit of measure
Tamil கிலோமீட்டர்
- கிலோமீட்டர் (kilōmīṭṭar)unit of measure
Thai กิโลเมตร
- กิโลเมตร (gì-loo-méet)unit of measure
Turkish kilometre, çakrım ("verst")
- kilometreunit of measure
- çakrım ("verst")unit of measure
Ukrainian кіломе́тр, верста́
- кіломе́тр (kilométr)unit of measure
- верста́ (verstá)unit of measure
Urdu کلومیٹر
- کلومیٹر (kilōmīṭar)unit of measure
Vietnamese cây số, kilômet
- cây sốunit of measure
- kilômetunit of measure
- ki lô métunit of measure
- ki-lô-métunit of measure
Welsh cilometr
- cilometrunit of measure
Yiddish קילאָמעטער
- קילאָמעטער (kilometer)unit of measure
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Cite this entry
kilometre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilometre
“kilometre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilometre. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kilometre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kilometre.
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