kilogram

See also: kilo-gram

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• kilogramme

SynonymsEdit

• kilo
• kg

EtymologyEdit

From French kilogramme, composed of kilo- + gramme.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram

NounEdit

kilogram (plural kilograms)

A one-kilogram weight.

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one liter of water, and now defined as 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 notesEdit

• (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.)
• Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

TranslationsEdit

unit of mass equal to 1000 grams

• Afrikaans: kilogram
• Albanian: kilogram (sq) m
• Arabic: كِيلُوغْرَام‎ m (kīlūḡrām)

  Egyptian Arabic: كيلوجرام‎ m (kilogrām)

• Armenian: կիլոգրամ (hy) (kilogram), (colloquial) կիլո (hy) (kilo)
• Asturian: quilogramu m, kilogramu m
• Azeri: kiloqram
• Bashkir: килограмм (kilogramm)
• Belarusian: кілагра́м m (kilahrám)
• Bengali: কিলো (kilō)
• Bulgarian: килогра́м (bg) m (kilográm)
• Burmese: ကီလိုဂရမ် (my) (kiluiga.ram)
• Catalan: quilogram (ca) m
• Chamicuro: kilo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公斤 (gung¹ gan¹), 千克 (cin¹ hak¹)

  Hakka: 公斤 (kûng-kîn), 奇勞, 奇劳 (ki-ló)

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

  Min Nan: 公斤 (zh-min-nan) (kong-kin)

• Czech: kilogram (cs) m
• Danish: kilogram (da) n
• Dutch: kilogram (nl) m
• Esperanto: kilogramo
• Estonian: kilogramm
• Faroese: kilogramm n
• Finnish: kilogramma (fi)
• French: kilogramme (fr) m, kilo (fr) m
• Galician: quilogramo (gl) m
• Georgian: კილოგრამი (ḳilogrami)
• German: Kilogramm (de) n
• Greek: χιλιόγραμμο (el) n (chiliógrammo), κιλό (el) n (kiló),
• Hebrew: קִילוֹגְרָם‎ (he) m (kilogram)
• Hindi: किलो (kilo), किलोग्राम m (kilogrām)
• Hungarian: kilogramm (hu)
• Icelandic: kílógramm (is)
• Indonesian: kilogram (id)
• Irish: cileagram m
• Italian: chilogrammo (it) m, chilo (it) m
• Japanese: キログラム (ja) (kiroguramu), キロ (ja) (kiro)
• Kazakh: килограмм (kïlogramm)

• Khmer: គីឡូក្រាម (km) (kiiloo kraam)
• Korean: 킬로그램 (ko) (killogeuraem)
• Kyrgyz: килограмм (kilogramm)
• Lao: ກິໂລກຣາມ (ki lōk rām), ກິໂລ (lo) (ki lō)
• Latvian: kilograms m, kilo m
• Lithuanian: kilogramas (lt) m
• Macedonian: килограм m (kilogram)
• Malay: kilogram
• Maltese: kilogramm m
• Maori: kirokaramu, manokaramu
• Mongolian: килограмм (mn) (kilogramm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kilogram

• Ottoman Turkish: اوقه‎ (oqqa)
• Persian: کیلوگرم‎ (fa) (kilogram)
• Polish: kilogram (pl) m, kilo (pl) n
• Portuguese: quilograma (pt) m
• Romanian: kilogram (ro) n
• Russian: килогра́мм (ru) m (kilográmm), кило́ (ru) n (kiló)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: килограм m

  Roman: kilogram (sh) m

• Slovak: kilogram m
• Slovene: kilogram (sl)
• Sotho: kilogeramo
• Spanish: kilogramo (es) m, quilogramo (es) m
• Swedish: kilogram (sv), kilo (sv)
• Tagalog: libogramo, kilogramo
• Tajik: килограмм (kilogramm)
• Tatar: килограм (kiloğram)
• Telugu: కిలోగ్రాము (kilōgrāmu)
• Thai: กิโลกรัม (th) (gì loh gram), กิโล (th) (gì-loh), โล (th) (loh)
• Turkish: kilogram (tr), kilo (tr); okka (tr)
• Turkmen: kilogramm
• Ukrainian: кілогра́м (uk) m (kilohrám)
• Urdu: کلوگرام‎ m (kilogrām)
• Uzbek: kilogramm (uz)
• Vietnamese: kilôgam (vi), ki-lô-gam (vi), ki-lô (vi), kí lô (vi), ký (vi) (regional), kí (vi) (regional)
• Yiddish: קילאָ‎ n (kilo)

See alsoEdit

• kilogram on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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CzechEdit

NounEdit

kilogram m

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• kilo

Further readingEdit

• kilogram in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kilogram in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kilogram

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kilogram	kilogrammet	kilogram	kilogrammene
genitive	kilograms	kilogrammets	kilograms	kilogrammenes

ReferencesEdit

• “kilogram” in Den Danske Ordbog

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

EtymologyEdit

kilo- +‎ gram

NounEdit

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

1. kilogram

SynonymsEdit

• kilo

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kʲiˈlɔɡram/

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

kilogram m inan

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

• (coll.) kilo

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kîloɡram/
• Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

NounEdit

kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

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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SlovakEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiɫɔɡram/

NounEdit

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

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

Declension of kilogram

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

Derived termsEdit

• kilogramový

Further readingEdit

• kilogram in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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TatarEdit

NounEdit

kilogram

1. kilogram

DeclensionEdit

    declension of kilogram

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