kilohertz

See also: kilo-hertz

English

Alternative forms

• kHz (abbreviation)

Etymology

kilo- +‎ hertz

Noun

kilohertz (plural kilohertz or kilohertzes)

1. A unit of frequency equal to one thousand cycles per second; one thousand hertz

   Synonym: kilocycle

Translations

one thousand hertz

• Catalan: quilohertz m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 千赫茲／千赫兹 (zh) (qiānhèzī)

• Czech: kilohertz m
• Dutch: kilohertz (nl) m
• Finnish: kilohertsi (fi)
• French: kilohertz (fr) m
• Italian: kilohertz m, chilohertz (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: kilocykel m (obsolete)

• Polish: kiloherc (pl) m
• Portuguese: quilohertz (pt) m
• Romanian: kilohertz (ro) m
• Spanish: kilohercio (es) m
• Swedish: kilohertz (sv) c
• Zazaki: kilohertz m

Czech

Noun

kilohertz m inan

1. kilohertz

Declension

Declension of kilohertz (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kilohertz	kilohertzy
genitive	kilohertzu	kilohertzů
dative	kilohertzu	kilohertzům
accusative	kilohertz	kilohertzy
vocative	kilohertze	kilohertzy
locative	kilohertzu	kilohertzech, kilohertzích
instrumental	kilohertzem	kilohertzy

Further reading

• “kilohertz”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “kilohertz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ hertz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.loˈɛrt͡s/^*
• Rhymes: -ɛrts
• Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧hertz

Noun

kilohertz m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of chilohertz

Further reading

• kilohertz in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• kilohèrtz in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• chilohertz in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kilohertz. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ hertz.

Noun

kilohertz m (plural kilohertzi)

1. kilohertz

Declension

Declension of kilohertz

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) kilohertz	kilohertzul	(niște) kilohertzi	kilohertzii
genitive/dative	(unui) kilohertz	kilohertzului	(unor) kilohertzi	kilohertzilor
vocative	kilohertzule		kilohertzilor