kilometer

From kilo- + meter.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɒm.ɪ.tə/, /ˈkɪl.əˌmiː.tə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɑ.mɪ.təɹ/, /ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/, [-ɾɚ]

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• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /kɪˈlɔ.mɪ.təɹ/, /ˈkɪl.əˌmi.təɹ/

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• (North India) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪ.loːˌmiː.ʈə(r)/, /kɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/
• (South India) IPA^(key): /kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/
• Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

kilometer (plural kilometers)

1. US spelling of kilometre.
   • 2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →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^[2], archived from the original on 12 August 2016‎^[3]:

     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.

• “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.

• kilometre

From kilo- +‎ meter.

kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)

1. kilometre (SI unit of length)

• kvadratkilometer

• “kilometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

From kilo- +‎ meter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiloːˌmeːtər/

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kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

1. 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.

• mijl (historical, now proscribed)

• vierkante kilometer

• → Aukan: kilomeitri
• → Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

From kilo- +‎ meter.

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)

1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

• “kilometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “kilometer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From kilo- +‎ meter.

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)

1. a kilometre (SI unit of length)

• kubikkilometer
• kvadratkilometer

• “kilometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ki.lʲɔˈmɛ.tɛr]

kilometer m inan

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of kilometr

kilometer m pers

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of geometra

• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “kilometer”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “gieometra”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 75

From kilo- +‎ meter.

• IPA^(key): /kilɔmeter/, [ˈkilɔmeter]
• Rhymes: -eter
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧me‧ter

kilometer m inan (relational adjective kilometrový, diminutive kilometrík)

1. kilometre

• “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, 2003–2026

From kilo- +‎ mẹ̄ter.

• IPA^(key): /kilɔmèːtər/, /kilɔméːtər/
• Rhymes: -èːtər, -éːtər
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧me‧ter

kilomẹ̄ter m inan

1. kilometre

• “kilometer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kilometer”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

• km (abbreviation)

Internationalism, from kilo- +‎ meter.

• IPA^(key): /ɕɪlʊˈmeːtɛr/

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• Rhymes: -¹eːtɛr

kilometer c

1. a kilometre

• km/tim (“km/h”)
• kvadratkilometer

• mil

• “kilometer”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kilometer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kilometer”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)