# kilometer
## English
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈkɪləˌmitəɹ/, /kəˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɪləˌmiːtə/, /kɪˈlɒmɪtə/
* Rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)

### Noun

kilometer (plural kilometers)
* US spelling of kilometre
** 2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2013, Asia Pacific:When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.
** 2016 August 11, “Chinese fishing boat collides with Greek freighter near Senkakus, 6 rescued”, in The Mainichi‎, archived from the original on 2016-08-12‎:At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.

#### Derived terms

* square kilometer

### References

* “kilometer”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, retrieved 15 July 2017, reproduced from Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN.

### Anagrams

* kilometre

## Danish
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Noun

kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)
* kilometre (SI unit of length)

#### Derived terms

* kvadratkilometer

### References

* “kilometer” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiloːˌmeːtər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)
* kilometre
    Het terrein beslaat ongeveer twee vierkante kilometer. ― The terrain covers about two square kilometers.
    Over een kilometertje of vijf komen we bij de pomp. ― We'll reach the gas station in about five kilometers.

#### Synonyms

* mijl (historical, now proscribed)

#### Derived terms

* vierkante kilometer

#### Descendants

* → Aukan: kilomeitri
* → Caribbean Javanese: kilométer

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)
* a kilometre (SI unit of length)

#### Derived terms

* kubikkilometer
* kvadratkilometer

### References

* “kilometer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “kilometer” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)
* a kilometre (SI unit of length)

#### Derived terms

* kubikkilometer
* kvadratkilometer

### References

* “kilometer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ki.lʲɔˈmɛ.tɛr]

### Noun

kilometer m inan
* (Przemyśl) Alternative form of kilometr

### Noun

kilometer m pers
* (Przemyśl) field surveyor

### Further reading

* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kilometer”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240

## Slovak
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔlɔmeter]
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* Rhymes: -er

### Noun

kilometer m inan (relational adjective kilometrový, diminutive kilometrík)
* kilometre

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kilometer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ mẹ̄ter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kilɔmèːtər/, /kilɔméːtər/
* Rhymes: -èːtər, -éːtər
* Hyphenation: ki‧lo‧me‧ter

### Noun

kilomẹ̄ter m inan
* kilometre

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kilometer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “kilometer”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* km

### Etymology

From kilo- +‎ meter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕɪlʊˈmeːtɛr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kilometer c
* a kilometre

#### Usage notes

Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars

#### Derived terms

* km/tim (“km/h”)
* kvadratkilometer

#### See also

* mil

### References

* kilometer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kilometer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* kilometer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)