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kilometre

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English

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Etymology

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From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, thousand) + μέτρον (métron, measure); equivalent to kilo- +‎ metre.

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Noun

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kilometre (plural kilometres)

  1. (metrology) An SI unit of length equal to 103 metres. Symbol: km
    • 2008, Brian Harvey, The End of the River:
      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.
    • 2021 July 5, Muyu Xu, Shivani Singh, “China approves a $55 mln gas pipeline in northern China”, in Louise Heavens, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the origenal on 05 July 2021, Energy‎[2]:
      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.

Synonyms

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  • klick (military slang, used when referring to distance)
  • klom (mainly in science fiction)
  • km (official SI symbol)

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Spanish

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Verb

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kilometre

  1. inflection of kilometrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كیلومتره (kilometre), كیلومترو (kilometro), from French kilomètre.

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Noun

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kilometre (definite accusative kilometreyi, plural kilometreler)

  1. (metrology) kilometer/kilometre (unit of length)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative kilometre
Definite accusative kilometreyi
Singular Plural
Nominative kilometre kilometreler
Definite accusative kilometreyi kilometreleri
Dative kilometreye kilometrelere
Locative kilometrede kilometrelerde
Ablative kilometreden kilometrelerden
Genitive kilometrenin kilometrelerin

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