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Kilometer

KILOM'ETER

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Noun.
[Gr. a thousand, and a meter.] In the French system of measures, a thousand meters; the meter being the unit of linear measure. The kilometer is nearly equal to a quarter of a French league.

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Kilometer

Kilometer

German

Noun

Kilometer m (genitive Kilometers, plural Kilometer)

  1. kilometer (unit of measure)

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kilometer

kilometer

English

Noun

kilometer (plural kilometers)

  1. American standard spelling of kilometre.

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Danish

Noun

kilometer c (singular definite kilometeren, plural indefinite kilometer)

  1. kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiloːˌmeːtər/

Noun

kilometer m (plural kilometers, diminutive kilometertje n)

  1. kilometer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerne)

  1. a kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kilometer m (definite singular kilometeren, indefinite plural kilometer, definite plural kilometerane or kilometrane)

  1. a kilometre, or kilometer (US) (SI unit of length)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕɪlʊˈmeːtɛr/

Noun

kilometer c

  1. a kilometre

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Indefinite form plural could also be kilometrar/kilometrars

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