kilometr

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian киломе́тр (kilométr).

Noun

kilometr

1. (metrology) kilometre

Declension

Declension of kilometr

	singular	plural
nominative	kilometr	kilometrler
genitive	kilometrniñ	kilometrlerniñ
dative	kilometrge	kilometrlerge
accusative	kilometrni	kilometrlerni
locative	kilometrde	kilometrlerde
ablative	kilometrden	kilometrlerden

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[3], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “kilometr”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ metr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪlomɛtr̩]

• Audio:

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Noun

kilometr m inan

1. (metrology) kilometre

Declension

Declension of kilometr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kilometr	kilometry
genitive	kilometru	kilometrů
dative	kilometru	kilometrům
accusative	kilometr	kilometry
vocative	kilometre, kilometře	kilometry
locative	kilometru	kilometrech
instrumental	kilometrem	kilometry

Further reading

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

Polish

Alternative forms

• kilometer (“kilometer; field surveyor”) (Przemyśl)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-lom

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy

Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi

Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der.

French kilo-bor.

Polish 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 mètrebor.

Polish metr

Polish kilometr

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Kilometer or French kilomètre. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ metr. First attested in the 19th century. Compare Kashubian kilométer and Silesian kilōmeter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiˈlɔ.mɛtr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔmɛtr
• Syllabification: ki‧lo‧metr

Noun

kilometr m inan (related adjective kilometrowy, abbreviation km)

1. (metrology) kilometre

   kilometr kwadratowy (km²) ― square kilometre

   kilometr sześcienny (km³) ― cubic kilometre

2. (in the plural) surprisingly long distance

Declension

Declension of kilometr

	singular	plural
nominative	kilometr	kilometry
genitive	kilometra	kilometrów
dative	kilometrowi	kilometrom
accusative	kilometr	kilometry
instrumental	kilometrem	kilometrami
locative	kilometrze	kilometrach
vocative	kilometrze	kilometry

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), kilometr is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 45 times in scientific texts, 78 times in news, 6 times in essays, 11 times in fiction, and 0 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 140 times, making it the 427th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• kilometr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kilometr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kilometr”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 338

Tatar

Noun

kilometr

1. (metrology) kilometre

Declension

Declension of kilometr

nominative	kilometr
genitive	kilometrnıñ
dative	kilometrga
accusative	kilometrnı
locative	kilometrda
ablative	kilometrdan