kilomètre

See also: kilometre and kilòmetre

French

Alternative forms

• chiliomètre, chilomètre (rare, archaic)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi

Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der.

French kilo-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der.

Latin metrumbor.

French mètre

French kilomètre

From kilo- +‎ mètre.

Pronunciation

• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ki.lɔ.mɛːtʁ/
• (France) IPA^(key): /ki.lɔ.mɛtʁ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ki.lɔ.maɛ̯tʁ/, /kʰi.lɔ.ˈmae̯tʁ̥/

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• Audio (Quebec); “un kilomètre” [ɚ̃ kʰilɔ̈ˈmae̯tʁ̥]:

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Noun

kilomètre m (plural kilomètres)

1. kilometre (UK) / kilometer (US)

Derived terms

• demi-kilomètre
• kilométrage
• kilométrer
• kilométrique
  • kilométriquement

Related terms

• mètre

Descendants

• → English:

  American English: kilometer

  British English: kilometre

• → Farefare: kilometrɩ
• → Iranian Persian: کیلومِتْر (kilometr)
• → Moore: kɩlometre
• → Ottoman Turkish: كیلومتره (kilometre), كیلومترو
  • Turkish: kilometre

Further reading

• “kilomètre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French kilomètre.

Noun

kilomètre m (plural kilomètres)

1. (Jersey) kilometre