kilogram

English

Alternative forms

• kilogramme

Etymology

From French kilogramme, composed of kilo- + gramme.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

A one-kilogram weight.

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; the mass of a specific cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Symbol: kg
2. (proscribed) Hence, the unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

• (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.)

Translations

unit of mass equal to 1000 grams

• Afrikaans: kilogram (af)
• Arabic: كيلوغرام (ar) (kiluġrām, kilugram) m
• Armenian: կիլոգրամ (hy) (kilogram), (colloquial) կիլո (hy) (kilo)
• Belarusian: кілаграм (be) (kilahrám) m
• Bengali: কিলো (bn) (kilō)
• Bulgarian: килограм (bg) (kilográm) m
• Catalan: quilogram (ca) m
• Chamicuro: kilo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公斤 (cmn) (gōngjīn), 千克 (cmn) (qiān kè)

• Czech: kilogram (cs) m
• Danish: kilogram (da) n
• Dutch: kilogram (nl) m
• Esperanto: kilogramo (eo)
• Estonian: kilogramm (et)
• Faroese: kilogramm (fo) n
• Finnish: kilogramma (fi)
• French: kilogramme (fr) m, kilo (fr) m
• Galician: quilogramo (gl) m
• Georgian: კილოგრამი (ka) (kilogrami)
• German: Kilogramm (de) n
• Greek: χιλιόγραμμο (el) (chiliógrammo) n, κιλό (el) (kiló) n,
• Hindi: किलो (hi) (kilo), किलोग्राम (hi) (kilogrām) m
• Hungarian: kilogramm (hu)

• Indonesian: kilogram (id)
• Italian: chilogrammo (it) m, chilo (it) m
• Japanese: キログラム (ja) (kiroguramu), キロ (ja) (kiro)
• Khmer: គីឡូក្រាម (km) (kiiloo kraam)
• Korean: 킬로그램 (ko) (killogeuraem)
• Latvian: kilograms (lv) m, kilo (lv) m
• Lithuanian: kilogramas (lt) m
• Persian: کیلوگرم (fa) (kilogram)
• Polish: kilogram (pl) m, kilo (pl) n
• Portuguese: quilograma (pt) m
• Romanian: kilogram (ro) n
• Russian: килограмм (ru) (kilográmm) m, кило (ru) (kiló) n (indeclinable)
• Slovak: kilogram (sk) m
• Sotho: kilogeramo (st)
• Spanish: kilogramo (es) m
• Swedish: kilogram (sv), kilo (sv)
• Tatar: kilogram (tt) (kilogram)
• Telugu: కిలోగ్రాము (te)
• Thai: กิโลกรัม (th) (gì loh gram)
• Turkish: kilogram (tr), kilo (tr)
• Ukrainian: кілограм (uk) (kilohrám) m
• Urdu: کلوگرام (ur) (kilogrām) m
• Vietnamese: kilôgam (vi)

See also

• Kilogram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Noun

kilogram m

1. kilogram

Declension

    declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilogramu	kilogramů
dative	kilogramu	kilogramům
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
vocative	kilograme	kilogramy
locative	kilogramu	kilogramech
instrumental	kilogramem	kilogramy

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Dutch

Noun

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje)

1. kilogram

Synonyms

• kilo

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʲiˈlɔɡram/

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Noun

kilogram m

1. kilogram

Declension

    declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilograma	kilogramów
dative	kilogramowi	kilogramom
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
instrumental	kilogramem	kilogramami
locative	kilogramie	kilogramach
vocative	kilogramie	kilogramy

Synonyms

• (coll.) kilo

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kîloɡram/
• Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

1. kilogram

Declension

    declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogrami
genitive	kilograma	kilograma
dative	kilogramu	kilogramima
accusative	kilogram	kilograme
vocative	kilograme	kilogrami
locative	kilogramu	kilogramima
instrumental	kilogramom	kilogramima

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Slovak

Noun

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

1. kilogram

Declension

    declension of kilogram

	singular	plural
nominative	kilogram	kilogramy
genitive	kilogramu	kilogramov
dative	kilogramu	kilogramom
accusative	kilogram	kilogramy
locative	kilograme	kilogramoch
instrumental	kilogramom	kilogramami

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Tatar

Noun

kilogram

1. kilogram

Declension

    declension of kilogram

Nominative	kilogram
Genitive	kilogramnıñ
Dative	kilogramga
Accusative	kilogramnı
Locative	kilogramda
Ablative	kilogramdan