kilometre

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kilometre

/kɪˈlɒmɪtə/ UK
/ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/ UK
/kɪˈlɔmɪtə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈkɪləˌmɪjtə/ British, Southern, Standard
/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ US
/ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/ US
[-ɾɚ] US
/kɪˈlɔmɪtəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈkɪləˌmitəɾ/ Scotland
/kəˈlɔmətə/ Australia
/ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/ Australia
/kəˈlɒmətə/ New Zealand
/ˈkələˌmiːtə/ New Zealand
/ˈkɪ.loːˌmiː.ʈə(r)/ India, North
/kɪ.loːˈmiː.ʈə(r)/ India, North
/kɪˈloː.miː.ʈə(r)/ India, South

Rhymes with -ɒmɪtə(ɹ), -ɪləmiːtə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.

noun kilometres · chiliometre · chilometer · chilometre · kilometer

An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km Holonyms: megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
Similar: km, klick, klom

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kilometer, klick, km, mile, kilometric, kph, mileage, kilometers, rkm, chilometre, kilomole, chiliometre, centimetre, picometre, millimetre, square kilometre

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noun unit of measure

Español	kilómetro, quilómetro
한국어	킬로미터 killomiteo
日本語	キロメートル kiromētoru
中文	千米 qiānmǐ, 公里 gōnglǐ
हिन्दी	किलोमीटर kilomīṭar, सहस्रमान sahasramān
Kiswahili	kilometa
Français	kilomètre
Deutsch	Kilometer
Italiano	chilometro
Ελληνικά	χιλιόμετρο chiliómetro
Română	kilometru
Русский	киломе́тр kilométr, верста́ verstá
Tiếng Việt	cây số, kilômet, ki lô mét, ki-lô-mét
العربية	كيلومتر kīlomitr
עברית	קִילוֹמֶטֶר kilométer

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@misc{kilometre_2026,
  title = {kilometre},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kilometre},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}