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PRONUNCIATION OF KILOMETRE

kilometre  [kɪˈlɒmɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KILOMETRE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kilometre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KILOMETRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

kilometre

Kilometre

The kilometre or kilometer is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres. It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used. k is occasionally used in some English-speaking countries as an alternative for the word kilometre in colloquial writing and speech. A slang term for the kilometre in the US military is klick.

Definition of kilometre in the English dictionary

The definition of kilometre in the dictionary is one thousand metres, equal to 0.621371 miles km.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KILOMETRE


accelerometer
ækˌsɛləˈrɒmɪtə
alcoholometer
ˌælkəhɒˈlɒmɪtə
barometer
bəˈrɒmɪtə
bolometer
bəʊˈlɒmɪtə
ceilometer
siːˈlɒmɪtə
cephalometer
ˌsɛfəˈlɒmɪtə
coulometer
kuːˈlɒmɪtə
cyclometer
saɪˈklɒmɪtə
intervalometer
ˌɪntəvəˈlɒmɪtə
mileometer
maɪˈlɒmɪtə
milometer
maɪˈlɒmɪtə
nephelometer
ˌnɛfɪˈlɒmɪtə
Nilometer
naɪˈlɒmɪtə
salometer
səˈlɒmɪtə
scintillometer
ˌsɪntɪˈlɒmɪtə
spectrobolometer
ˌspɛktrəʊbəʊˈlɒmɪtə
speedometer
spɪˈdɒmɪtə
tachometer
tæˈkɒmɪtə
thermometer
θəˈmɒmɪtə
xylometer
zaɪˈlɒmɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KILOMETRE

kilocurie
kilocycle
kilogauss
kilogram
kilogram calorie
kilogramme
kilogray
kilohertz
kilojoule
kilolitre
kilometric
kilometrical
kilomole
kiloparsec
kilopascal
kilorad
kiloton
kilovolt
kilowatt
kilowatt-hour

WORDS THAT END LIKE KILOMETRE

ballad metre
centimetre
Chile saltpetre
common metre
decametre
decimetre
dekametre
hectometre
long metre
metre
micrometre
micromillimetre
millimetre
mismetre
nanometre
picometre
saltpetre
short metre

Synonyms and antonyms of kilometre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kilometre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KILOMETRE

Find out the translation of kilometre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kilometre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kilometre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kilómetro
570 millions of speakers

English

kilometre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किलोमीटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كِيلومِتْر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

километр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quilômetro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিলোমিটার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kilomètre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kilometer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kilometer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キロメートル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

킬로미터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kilometer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kilomet
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிலோமீட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किलोमीटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kilometre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chilometro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kilometr
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кілометр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kilometru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χιλιόμετρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kilometer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kilometer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kilometer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kilometre

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KILOMETRE»

The term «kilometre» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KILOMETRE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kilometre» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kilometre» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kilometre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KILOMETRE»

Discover the use of kilometre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kilometre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
One More Kilometre and We're in the Showers
An entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist.
Tim Hilton, 2005
2
The Square Kilometre Array: An Engineering Perspective: An ...
"Reprinted from Experimental astronomy, volume 17, nos. 1-3, 2004."
Peter J. Hall, 2006
3
King Ludwig Way: A 120 Kilometre Long Distance Footpath ...
This is basically a lowland walk.
Fleur Speakman, Colin Speakman, 1987
4
First Pass Under Heaven: One Man's 4,000-Kilometre Walk ...
Nathan Gray, a young New Zealand lawyer, wanted to be the first person in history to walk the entire length of the Great Wall.
Nathan Hoturoa Gray, 2006
5
The Square Kilometre Array: Paving the way for the new 21st ...
White paper submitted to US ASTRO2010 Decadal Review. Reionization.org ( 2009) 2. Carilli, C., Rawlings, S. (eds): “Science with the Square Kilometre Array.” Elsevier Press, UK (2004) 3. DeBoer, D.R., Gough, R.G., Bunton, J.D., Cornwell, ...
Domingos Barbosa, Sonia Anton, Leonid Gurvits, 2012
6
One Kilometre
darri-ba nungalinya From around the area where Rapid Creek, or Gurambai, flows out to where the waters of the Arafura and Timor seas mingle, one can view in the distance a rocky island that makes itself visible during low tide.
John Altomonte, 2012
7
It's True!: Your Hair Grows 15 Kilometre Each Year
Psst! It's true! This is the best book on HAIR you'll ever read! Did you know a single strand of hair can show that you've been poisoned? Or that redheads were once burned at the stake as witches?
Diana Lawrenson, 2004
8
ECMT Round Tables Tolls on Interurban Road Infrastructure: ...
The kilometre charge potentially has a broader orientation. It can be used in a general way to charge drivers for the use of the infrastructure. When differentiations are added according to time, place, type of road, type of vehicle, etc., it can in ...
European Conference of Ministers of Transport, 2002
9
Flying Off Course: The Economics of International Airlines
It is unlikely that their transatlantic operations, if fully costed, were profitable at such low yields. Competition appears to have pushed them too low. As a general rule, yields per freight tonne kilometre are less than half the revenues generated  ...
Rigas Doganis, 2002
10
Orders of Magnitude: Picometre, Kilometre, Micrometre, 1 ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books LLC, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KILOMETRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kilometre is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bumps on the road - Winnipeg Free Press
If you step on to a southbound bus at Osborne Station, there's not much to see along the Southwest Transitway, a 3.6-kilometre patch of ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Greg Hunt denies he is intimidated by Alan Jones | afr.com
Shenhua's plans for a 35-square-kilometre open-cut coal mine on the Liverpool Plains, designed to produce 10 million tonnes of coal a year, ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
3
Where to watch Pan Am sailing, cycling, marathon and more free …
When: July 19 at 7 a.m. (women's 20 kilometre) and 9 a.m. (men's 20 kilometre); July 26 at 7 a.m. (men's 50 kilometre). Where:Ontario Place ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
The world's most powerful radio telescope: the Square Kilometre Array
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is a huge project designed to sweep away many of the current roadblocks to astronomical progress. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
This cat has a golden ticket: Kitten survives 45-kilometre ride in …
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A cat rescued from the engine of a pickup truck after a 45-kilometre ride from Pennsylvania to New Jersey now ... «National Post, Jul 15»
6
Amanda Ned ready for 1400-kilometre expedition
After weeks of anticipation and planning, Amanda Ned begins a journey tomorrow, July 16 down the 1,400-kilometre length of the Fraser River. «Bridge River Lillooet News, Jul 15»
7
NZ enters talks for world's biggest radio telescope
The Square Kilometre Array artist impression. The telescope will boast image resolution quality 50 times that of the Hubble. Photo / SKA. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
8
New 17.2 kilometre long Gandhidham-Tuna- Tekra broad guage …
New 17.2 kilometre long Gandhidham-Tuna- Tekra broad guage line opened. By PTI | 14 Jul, 2015, 04.56PM IST. Post a Comment. READ MORE ON » Suresh ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
What it looks like to face a 236-kilometre per hour serve
Australia's Sam Groth famously holds the world record for the fastest tennis serve ever in a professional tournament, and his big serve was on ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
10
Top Mexican drug lord used 1 Kilometre-long tunnel to escape prison
Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, who fled from a maximum security jail for the second time, is believed to have used a long ... «Web India, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Kilometre [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kilometre>. Apr 2024 ».
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