The word kilogramme was written into French law in 1795, in the Decree of 18 Germinal, which revised the older system of units introduced by the French National Convention in 1793, where the gravet had been defined as weight (poids) of a cubic centimetre of water, equal to 1/1000 of a grave.
A palabra kilogramme foi incorporada á lexislación francesa en 1795, no Decreto do 18 de Xerminal, que revisaba o sistema antigo de unidades introducido pola Convención en 1793, cando gravet fora definido como o peso (poids) dun centímetro cúbico de auga, igual á milésima parte dun grave.