quilômetro

See also: quilómetro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quilómetro (Portugal)
• kilómetro (dated)

Etymology

Calque of French kilomètre. By surface analysis, quilo- +‎ metro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈlõ.me.tɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈlõ.me.tɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kiˈlo.me.tɾo/

• Hyphenation: qui‧lô‧me‧tro

Noun

quilômetro m (plural quilômetros) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (measure) kilometre, kilometer, a unit of length equal to 1000 metres or meters

Coordinate terms

• metro (1/1000 km), milha (obsolete Portuguese equivalent)

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: ciloomito

Further reading

• “quilômetro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quilômetro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026