kilogram

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See also: kilo-gram

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram

Noun

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kilogram (plural kilograms)

  1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg
  2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

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  • (proscribed, unit of weight): The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)
  • Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

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Czech

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪloɡram]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

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kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram
    Synonym: kilo

Declension

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Further reading

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  • kilogram”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kilogram”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Noun

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kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

  1. kilogram

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References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

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kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

  1. kilogram

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • kilogram” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

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kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

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kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram
    Synonym: (colloquial) kilo

Declension

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Further reading

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  • kilogram in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kilogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ki.lo.ˈɡram/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

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kilogram

  1. kilogram

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kîloɡram/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

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kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

  1. kilogram

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Further reading

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  • kilogram” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ gram.

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Noun

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kilogram m inan (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. kilogram

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Further reading

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  • kilogram”, 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, 2024

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

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kilogram n

  1. kilogram (unit of mass)
    Synonym: kilo
    Katten väger fyra kilogram
    The cat weighs four kilograms

Declension

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Declension of kilogram 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kilogram kilogrammet kilogram kilogrammen
Genitive kilograms kilogrammets kilograms kilogrammens

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Tatar

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Noun

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kilogram

  1. kilogram

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Turkish

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Etymology

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kilo- +‎ gram

Noun

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kilogram

  1. kilogram

Further reading

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  • kilogram”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu