kilometre
/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Holonyms: megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre"
- "Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre < centimetre < decimetre < metre"
- "When you fly over an undammed river like the Fraser I grew up with, the plume of silt spewed into the ocean is astonishing, a good three kilometres of brown refusing to mix with the green of the ocean."
- "The 34.2 kilometre (21.3 mile) pipeline, which will be built by Qinjin Natural Gas Co, is designed to have annual gas transmission capacity of 3.3 billion cubic metres and connect Ji county in Shanxi and Yichuan county in Shaanxi."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi)der. French kilo- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrumbor. French mètre French kilomètrebor. English kilometre From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: kilomètre, χίλιοι
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
- British English: /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
Inflected Forms
kilometres (plural)
chiliometre (alternative, obsolete)
chilometer (alternative, obsolete)
chilometre (alternative, obsolete)
kilometer (alternative, US)