quilolitro

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician quilo-

Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder.

Proto-Italic *līðrāder.

Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra)der.

Medieval Latin litralbor.

French litreder.

Galician litro

Galician quilolitro

From quilo- + litro (“litre”).

Noun

quilolitro m (plural quilolitros)

1. kilolitre; kiloliter (US)

Related terms

• litro

Portuguese

Etymology

From quilo- +‎ litro (“litre”), calqued from French kilolitre.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌki.loˈli.tɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌki.lɔˈli.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: qui‧lo‧li‧tro

Noun

quilolitro m (plural quilolitros)

1. kilolitre; kiloliter (US)

Related terms

• litro

Further reading

• “quilolitro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quilolitro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “quilolitro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From quilo- (“kilo-”) +‎ litro (“liter, litre”), calqued from French kilolitre.

Noun

quilolitro m (plural quilolitros)

1. alternative spelling of kilolitro

Related terms

• litro

Further reading

• “quilolitro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025