kilogram
English
/ˈkɪləɡɹæm/
noun
Definitions
- 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 to be 6.626 070 15 × 10. Symbol: kg
- (proscribed) The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
Etymology
Borrowed from French kilogramme affix from English gram.
Origin
English
gram
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christogram English
- attogram English
- centigram English
- centimeter-gram-second English
- connectogram English
- decagram English
- decigram English
- dekagram English
- erythrogram English
- exagram English
- femtogram English
- gigagram English
- gram English
- grammage English
- grams English
- hectogram English
- hectokilogram English
- kilogram, kilo(gram) English
- kinetogram English
- megagram English
- meter English
- meter-kilogram-second English
- metergram English
- microgram English
- multigram English
- multikilogram English
- myriagram English
- nanogram English
- petagram English
- picogram English
- second English
- stereogram English
- subgram English
- syllectogram English
- teragram English
- yoctogram English
- yottagram English
- zeptogram English
- zettagram English
- kilogramma Latin
- gramme French
- kilogramme French
- χίλιοι Ancient Greek
- キログラム Japanese
- cileagram Irish
- كيلوغرام Arabic
- किलोग्राम Hindi
- กรัม Thai
- กิโลกรัม Thai
- cilogram Welsh
- ကီလိုဂရမ် Burmese
- ဂရမ် Burmese
- gramu Swahili
- igremu Zulu
- ikhilogremu Zulu
- گرام Urdu
- gram
- meter
- grams
- second
- subgram
- exagram
- megagram
- gigagram
- decagram
- dekagram
- teragram
- grammage
- nanogram
- decigram
- attogram
- petagram
- picogram
- yoctogram
- yottagram
- metergram
- hectogram
- myriagram
- multigram
- femtogram
- centigram
- microgram
- zeptogram
- zettagram
- stereogram
- kinetogram
- kilo(gram)
- Christogram
- erythrogram
- syllectogram
- connectogram
- hectokilogram
- multikilogram
- meter-kilogram-second
- centimeter-gram-second