kilogram

See also: kilo-gram

kilogram - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
  • Hyphenation: kil‧o‧gram

Noun

kilogram (plural kilograms)

  1. 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
  2. (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.

Usage notes

  • (proscribed, unit of weight): The use of the kilogram as a unit of weight is somewhat imprecise, as weight can change while mass remains constant. The weight of a one-kilogram mass will depend on its location because the pull of gravity varies from one place to another. It is therefore frequently proscribed but is nonetheless in wide use (e.g., a person's weight in kilograms). (The same imprecision and proscription also occur with many other words pertaining to weight and mass, such as the verb weigh.)
  • Whilst one kilogram equals 1,000 grams, it is the kilogram and not the gram that is the base unit.

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Translations

kilogram - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈkɪloɡram]
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram

Declension

singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilogramu kilogramů
dative kilogramu kilogramům
accusative kilogram kilogramy
vocative kilograme kilogramy
locative kilogramu kilogramech
instrumental kilogramem kilogramy

kilogram - Danish

Noun

kilogram n (singular definite kilogrammet, plural indefinite kilogram)

  1. kilogram

Declension

neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kilogram kilogrammet kilogram kilogrammene
genitive kilograms kilogrammets kilograms kilogrammenes

kilogram - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram m (plural kilogrammen, diminutive kilogrammetje n)

  1. kilogram

Synonyms

kilogram - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

kilogram - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

kilogram - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kiˈlɔɡ.ram/
  • Syllabification: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kilogram m inan

  1. kilogram
    • Synonym: (colloquial) kilo

Declension

singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilograma kilogramów
dative kilogramowi kilogramom
accusative kilogram kilogramy
instrumental kilogramem kilogramami
locative kilogramie kilogramach
vocative kilogramie kilogramy

kilogram - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ki.lo.ˈɡram/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧gram

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

kilogram - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kîloɡram/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧log‧ram

Noun

kȉlogram m (Cyrillic spelling ки̏лограм)

  1. kilogram

Declension

singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogrami
genitive kilograma kilograma
dative kilogramu kilogramima
accusative kilogram kilograme
vocative kilograme kilogrami
locative kilogramu kilogramima
instrumental kilogramom kilogramima

kilogram - Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkiɫɔɡram/

Noun

kilogram m inan (genitive singular kilogramu, nominative plural kilogramy, genitive plural kilogramov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. kilogram

Declension

singular plural
nominative kilogram kilogramy
genitive kilogramu kilogramov
dative kilogramu kilogramom
accusative kilogram kilogramy
locative kilograme kilogramoch
instrumental kilogramom kilogramami

Derived terms

  • kilogramový

kilogram - Tatar

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram

Declension

Nominative kilogram
Genitive kilogramnıñ
Dative kilogramga
Accusative kilogramnı
Locative kilogramda
Ablative kilogramdan

kilogram - Turkish

Noun

kilogram

  1. kilogram
Meaning and Definition of kilogram
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