kilogram
See also: kilo-gram
English
Alternative forms
- chiliogramme, chilogramme (both obsolete)
- kilogramme (dated)
Etymology
From French kilogramme; synchronically analyzable as kilo- + gram.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram
Noun
kilogram (plural kilograms)
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in units of kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Symbol: kg
- (proscribed) 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.)
- Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.
Translations
unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɪloɡram]
- Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram
Declension
Synonyms
Danish
Declension
Declension of kilogram
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | kilogram | kilogrammet | kilogram | kilogrammene |
genitive | kilograms | kilogrammets | kilograms | kilogrammenes |
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiˈlɔɡ.ram/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɡram
- Syllabification: ki‧log‧ram
Declension
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.lo.ˈɡram/
- Rhymes: -am
- Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram
Further reading
- kilogram in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kîloɡram/
- Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiɫɔɡram/
Noun
kilogram m (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Derived terms
- kilogramový
Tatar
Declension
declension of kilogram
Nominative | kilogram |
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Genitive | kilogramnıñ |
Dative | kilogramga |
Accusative | kilogramnı |
Locative | kilogramda |
Ablative | kilogramdan |
Turkish
Further reading
- kilogram in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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