kilogram
Syllables: kil·o·gram/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
kilogram noun: 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.
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
- Holonyms: megagram < gigagram
- Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram
- The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
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kilogram meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kilogram in Hindi
- unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
- किलो kilo, किलोग्राम kilogrām
kilogram in Tamil
- unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
- கிலோகிராம் kilōkirām, கிலோ kilō
kilogram in Marathi
- unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
- किलोग्रॅम kilogrĕm
kilogram in Urdu
- unit of mass equal to 1000 grams
- کلوگرام kilogrām
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- kilogram in Bengali
- কিলো kilō, কিলোগ্রাম kilōgram
- kilogram in Telugu
- కిలోగ్రాము kilōgrāmu
- kilogram in Malayalam
- കിലോഗ്രാം kilōgrāṁ
- kilogram in Kannada
- ಕಿಲೋಗ್ರಾಮ್ kilōgrām
- kilogram in Punjabi
- ਕਿੱਲੋਗ੍ਰਾਮ
- kilogram in Gujarati
- કિલોગ્રામ kilogrām
- kilogram in Sinhala
- කිලෝග්රෑම් kilōgrǣm
- kilogram in Pashto
- کېلو kiló, keló, کيلوګرام
- kilogram in Tagalog
- libogramo, kilogramo
- kilogram in Arabic
- كِيلوغْرَام, كِيلوجْرَام kīlōgrām
- kilogram in Malay
- kilogram
- kilogram in Indonesian
- kilogram
- kilogram in Persian
- کیلوگرم kilogram
- kilogram in Thai
- กิโลกรัม gì-loo-gram, กิโล gì-loo, โล loo
- kilogram in Vietnamese
- kilôgam, ki-lô-gam, ki-lô, kí lô
- kilogram in Myanmar
- ကီလိုဂရမ် kiluiga.ram
Examples of kilogram in a sentence
- These scales say I weigh 72 kilograms; what's that in old money?
- We welcome ronnagrams and quettameters into the likes of kilograms and millimeters.
- Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement.
Synonyms of kilogram
Forms of kilogram
| plural | kilograms |
|---|---|
| alternative UK | kilogramme |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chiliogramme |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chilogramme |
Origin of kilogram
Borrowed from French kilogramme. By surface analysis, kilo- + gram.
Words formed from kilogram
Phrases with kilogram
Questions about kilogram
- What does kilogram mean?
- Kilogram means 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.
- What is kilogram in Hindi?
- Kilogram in Hindi is किलो (kilo), किलोग्राम (kilogrām). See Kilogram meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kilogram?
- Kilogram is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kilogram?
- Kilogram is pronounced /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/.
- What is the plural of kilogram?
- The plural of kilogram is kilograms.
Words near kilogram in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kilogram (page history and authors); kilogram (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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