kilometre
/kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
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British/kɪˈlɔmɪtə/
kilometre noun: an SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km.
Noun
kilometre (plural kilometres)
kilometre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kilometre in Hindi
- unit of measure
- किलोमीटर kilomīṭar, सहस्रमान sahasramān
kilometre in Tamil
- unit of measure
- கிலோமீட்டர் kilōmīṭṭar
kilometre in Marathi
- unit of measure
- किलोमीटर kilomīṭar
kilometre in Urdu
- unit of measure
- کلومیٹر kilōmīṭar
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- kilometre in Bengali
- কিলোমিটার kilōmiṭar
- kilometre in Telugu
- కిలోమీటరు kilōmīṭaru
- kilometre in Malayalam
- കിലോമീറ്റർ kilōmīṟṟaṟ
- kilometre in Kannada
- ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರು kilōmīṭaru
- kilometre in Punjabi
- ਕਿਲੋਮੀਟਰ kilomīṭar
- kilometre in Gujarati
- કિલોમીટર kilomīṭar
- kilometre in Odia
- କିଲୋମିଟର kilomiṭara
- kilometre in Sanskrit
- किलोमीटर kilomīṭara
- kilometre in Assamese
- কিলোমিটাৰ kilümitar
- kilometre in Nepali
- किलोमिटर kilomiṭar
- kilometre in Pashto
- کيلومتر kilométər
- kilometre in Tagalog
- kilometro
- kilometre in Arabic
- كيلومتر kīlomitr
- kilometre in Malay
- kilometer
- kilometre in Indonesian
- kilometer
- kilometre in Thai
- กิโลเมตร gì-loo-méet
- kilometre in Vietnamese
- cây số, kilômet, ki lô mét, ki-lô-mét
- kilometre in Myanmar
- ကီလိုမီတာ kiluimita
- Dhivehi
- ކިލޯމީޓަރު kilōmīṭaru
- Kashmiri
- کِلومیٖٹَر kilōmīṭar
Synonyms of kilometre
Forms of kilometre
| plural | kilometres |
|---|---|
| alternative US | kilometer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chiliometre |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chilometer |
| alternative form (obsolete) | chilometre |
Origin of kilometre
From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); equivalent to kilo- + metre.
Words formed from kilometre
Words that rhyme with kilometre
Questions about kilometre
- What does kilometre mean?
- Kilometre means an SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km.
- What is kilometre in Hindi?
- Kilometre in Hindi is किलोमीटर (kilomīṭar), सहस्रमान (sahasramān). See Kilometre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kilometre?
- Kilometre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kilometre?
- Kilometre is pronounced /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kilometre?
- The plural of kilometre is kilometres.
Words near kilometre in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kilometre (page history and authors); কিলোমিটাৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). 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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